00:00Two former bank officers pleaded not guilty in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Wednesday
00:07to charges of accepting bribes and subsequently failing to report such gratifications, purportedly
00:13received for recommending a legal firm for the preparation of loan documentation.
00:19Thirty-three-year-old Nadia Zakaria and Abdul Rahman Shahruddin, aged 35, made the plea after
00:26the charges were read out to them separately before Judge Awang Karisnada Awang Mahmood.
00:32Nadia faced 12 charges, six with accepting bribes and six alternative charges with failing
00:38to report the gratification.
00:40The former mortgage sales consultant is alleged to have received bribes, totaling 11,444 ringgit
00:48from the bank account of a law firm as gratification for recommending the firm to prepare 11 home
00:54financing loan agreements worth 3.2 million ringgit.
00:59All the offences were allegedly committed at a bank branch in Shah Alam in 2021 and 2022.
01:06Abdul Rahman, also a former mortgage sales consultant, faced 14 charges, seven for accepting bribes
01:13totaling 7,366 ringgit and seven alternative charges for failing to report receiving the
01:21money as gratification purportedly for recommending the same legal firm to prepare 10 home financing
01:27loan agreements worth 2.61 million ringgit.
01:31The money from the same legal firm was deposited into a bank account belonging to his wife.
01:36Abdul Rahman was accused of committing the offences at a bank branch in Shah Alam in 2018 and 2019.
01:44Before accepting bribes, both accused faced 20 years imprisonment and a fine upon conviction.
01:50For failing to report the gratification to the M.A.C.C. or the police, they face a maximum
01:56fine of 100,000 ringgit or imprisonment for up to 10 years or both if convicted.
02:03The court allowed Nadia and Abdul Rahman bail of 6,000 ringgit and 5,000 ringgit respectively.
02:10They were also ordered to report to the nearest M.A.C.C. office, surrender their passports to
02:15the court and not interfere with prosecution witnesses.
02:19Nadia, who is in her late stage of pregnancy, is exempt from having to report to the M.A.C.C.
02:25until she has given birth.
02:38The M.A.C.C.
02:47witheration
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