JOHOR BARU: A traffic police personnel has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here for allegedly accepting RM1,000 in cash as a bribe some two years ago.
Mersing police district headquarters traffic enforcement and investigation unit assistant investigating officer Sjn Wan Shazrul Wan Shamsuddin, 47, pleaded not guilty before Sessions Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail after the charge was read out to him here on Wednesday (May 28).
According to the charge sheet, the father of three was accused of accepting the amount from Muhammad Syawaluddin Mamat, 30, at a restaurant along Jalan Ismail in Mersing at around 4pm on Dec 13, 2023.
He allegedly accepted the money as an inducement to handover investigation papers involving a road incident happening in the district he was investigating.
Sjn Wan Shazrul was charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 (Act 694) and can be sentenced under Section 24(1) of the same Act.
The offence carries a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine not less than five times of the corruption amount or RM10,000 or whichever is higher upon conviction.
Judge Ahmad Kamal then set bail at RM5,000 with one surety against the accused and also ordered him to handover his passport to the court.
He also ordered Sjn Wan Shazrul to report to the Johor Baru MACC once a month without fail until his case is settled.
MACC prosecution officer Ameera D’Aneez Mohd Shukari prosecuted the case while National Legal Aid Foundation lawyer K. Bharathi represented the accused.
