00:00A historic Melaka City Council employee pleaded not guilty at the Ayer Kero Sessions Court
00:08on Wednesday to two charges of receiving bribes totaling RM2,700 from an advertising contractor
00:15in Melaka.
00:1641-year-old Muhammad Firdaus Abdul Aziz, an Assistant Administrative Officer at the City
00:22Council, allegedly received RM2,200 and RM500 in cash from Syarikat Pusat Pengiklanan Prisma
00:29Manager Ong Ah Siong for supply work offered by the local authority.
00:34The offences were allegedly committed in October 2021 and in January last year in the Melaka
00:40Tengah District.
00:42He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum two years jail,
00:47a fine or both upon conviction.
00:50Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Azrif Firdaus Muhammad
00:56Ali proposed bail at RM5,000 with additional conditions, including monthly reporting to
01:02the MACC office in Melaka and surrendering his passport.
01:07The accused, who was not represented, mitigated for a lower bail.
01:11Judge Elizabeth Payawan set bail at RM4,000, imposed the conditions and scheduled a re-mention
01:17on August 14.
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