NSTnation Seven policemen including one with the rank of assistant superintendent found themselves on the wrong side of the law today.
The seven - Assistant Superintendent Mohd Haniff Omar, 36, Corporal Eddy Nurazman Mohd Nozeri, 36, Sergeant Helmie Yazir Ahmad, 38, Corporal Mohd Fairul Ishak, 36, Corporal Saharuddin Abdul Hamid, 35, Corporal Irdysham Mat Husain, 35, and Lance Corporal Mohd Fazli Mohd Radzi, 36 - appeared calm when they stood in the cramped dock before judge Mohd Ghazali Mohamad Taib.
On the second count, the policemen were jointly accused of committing extortion which put Nadesa Pillai in fear by seizing the contraband cigarettes and bottles of liquor with unpaid duties if he failed to pay the RM500,000 bribe which saw Nadesa handing over 98 boxes containing 4,900 cartons of contraband cigarettes and 59 boxes of 708 bottles of liquor with unpaid duties.
For the second charge under Section 384 of the Penal Code for committing extortion, they could face a maximum jail term of 10 years or a fine, or with caning, or with any two of such punishments. "They are all civil servants whose income might be affected due to the court trial and might be forced to find other jobs to support their respective families. All of them had cooperated with the MACC and did not abscond but instead choose to be present at court today as they respected the law," he said, proposing a RM5,000 bail for each accused.
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