Two charged with giving RM17,000 bribe in birth cert racket


KUALA LUMPUR: Two people have pled not guilty in the Sessions Court here to a charge of giving a bribe amounting to RM17,000 to a registration assistant at the National Registration Dep­artment (NRD) in Putrajaya to facilitate a birth certificate application using forged supporting documents.

Yap Foo Siong, 57, a labourer, and Ang Lay Peng, 40, a food vendor, were jointly charged yesterday with giving a cash bribe to a registration assistant of Grade KP1 as a reward for assisting in the birth certificate application process using forged supporting documents, namely the birth registration document, JPN.LM01, as well as a birth confirmation letter.

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