Cops plead not guilty to soliciting and receiving bribes from couple

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Three police officers pleaded not guilty at the Melaka Sessions Court on Tuesday (Oct 22) to two counts of soliciting and receiving bribes from a couple who were allegedly found in a "compromising position" inside a car last year.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3zefse6w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Three police officers pleaded not guilty at the Malacca Sessions Court to two counts of

00:07soliciting and receiving bribes from a couple who were allegedly found in a compromising

00:12position inside a car.

00:15Corporal Mohamed Najib Mohamed, aged 36, Corporal Mohamed Adam Sam Sudin, 34, and Lance Corporal

00:23Wan Mohamed Fauzi Zulkifli, 29, entered their plea before Judge Elizabeth Paya Wan on Tuesday.

00:30They were accused of soliciting bribes totalling 3,000 ringgit, allegedly as an inducement

00:36to refrain from taking further action against the couple.

00:40The offence occurred at the Malacca Tenga Police Station between 2.40am and 3.30am on

00:46October 7 last year.

00:48They were also accused of accepting the bribe for the same purpose at a tourist police booth

00:52at Jonkar Walk, between 4pm and 4.30pm the same day.

00:57The charges were framed under Section 16, Subsection AB of the MACC Act 2009, read together

01:04with Section 34 of the Penal Code.

01:07All three accused face imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of at least five times

01:13the value of the gratification, or 10,000 ringgit, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

01:20The court granted bail of 8,000 ringgit, with one surety each, and ordered the trio

01:26to surrender their passports and to report to the MACC office once a month until the

01:32conclusion of the case.

01:34November 20 was set for next mention.

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