Forestry officer charged with accepting nearly RM650,000 in bribes


SEREMBAN: A Forestry Department officer claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to 116 charges of accepting bribes totalling RM649,169.68 from a contractor as an inducement to help him obtain a licence to carry out logging work in a forest reserve in Pahang.

Nazri Husin, 54 who is now with the Negri Sembilan Forestry Department, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before Judge N. Kanageswari.

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