KANGAR: An assistant superintendent of police pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM12,...
An assistant superintendent of police pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM12,000 in 2019.The police officer, then a senior investigating officer at the Timur Laut district police headquarters, in Penang, was alleged to have accepted RM6,000 through his Maybank account from an individual as an inducement to close a rape case.
He was charged with obtaining valuable things without consideration from a person concerned in the proceeding or business transacted by him as a public servant.On the second count, he was charged with committing a similar offence involving the same amount through his Maybank account on May 15, 2019. The charges were framed under Section 165 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with a fine or both upon conviction.
Poobalan was allowed bail of RM10,000 with one surety for both charges and ordered to surrender his passport to the court and report himself at the nearest office of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission once a month.Deputy public prosecutor from MACC Noor Azura Zulkiflee appeared for the prosecution.
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