00:00Two business owners pleaded not guilty in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court
00:04for offering RM4,000 in bribes to City Council officers
00:08so that action would not be taken against their premises.
00:12Wong Chee Koi and Tanpo Wei made the plea after the charges were read to them
00:17before Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Tuesday.
00:2156-year-old Wong was accused of offering RM1,000
00:25to an enforcement officer from the Iskandar Puteri City Council
00:29for operating a sundry shop without a licence.
00:32The offence was allegedly committed at Jalan Perziaran Technology
00:36on November 2nd at 8.20pm last year.
00:4041-year-old Tan was accused of offering RM3,000 to an enforcement officer
00:45from the same council over an unlicensed mobile phone accessories shop.
00:50This offence allegedly occurred at Jalan Pulai Mutiara at 5pm on January 23rd.
00:57Both accused were charged under Section 17 Subsection B of the MACC Act 2009
01:05and face a fine of at least five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000,
01:10whichever is higher, upon conviction.
01:13During mitigation, a request for lower bail was made,
01:17noting that Wong, a night market trader, supports two children aged 15 and 21.
01:23Tan, a salesman, also supports two children aged 10 and 12, as well as his elderly parents.
01:30The court set bail at RM4,000 for Wong and RM5,000 for Tan,
01:35with additional conditions that they surrender their passports to the court
01:39and report to the MACC office once a month.
01:42Next mention was fixed on October 21st and 22nd and both accused posted bail.
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