SHAH ALAM: A senior Royal Malaysian Navy officer has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to eight corruption charges for accepting RM93,800 in conjunction with official functions.
Captain Mahazam Ali, 48, made the plea before Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud on Friday (Oct 31).
Mahazam, as the director of human resources strategy, human resources division and director of communications branch, defence cyber electromagnetics division, is charged with receiving RM93,000 without consideration from a person concerned with his official business.
He is alleged to have received the money from a 33-year-old man through a 31-year-old woman at a Shah Alam bank branch between Oct 13, 2023, and April 25, 2025.
The charges were framed under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which provides a maximum jail term of two years, a fine, or both upon conviction.
The court allowed Mahazam bail of RM10,000 and prohibited him from disturbing any witnesses, including his colleagues at the Ministry of Defence, and accessing any files or data related to the case.
Dec 17 was set for mention.
Deputy public prosecutor Atirah Mohd Azuarizanuddin appeared for the prosecution, while Mahazam was represented by lawyer Lee Keng Fatt. – Bernama
