Southern Region News
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November 06, 2009 17:23 PM |
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Myanmar Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery
JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- A Myanmar woman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Friday to offering a RM862 bribe to a police officer last April.
Mariyam Hatu Nur Ahmad, 33, who is six-months pregnant and residing in Kulaijaya, is charged with offering the bribe to ASP Roslan Abdullah, from the Narcotics Crime Investigation Division, Kulaijaya, as an inducement for him not to detain her husband, S.Murugan @ Mohd Ali Abdullah, for a drug offence.
The offence was allegedly committed in front of the Al-Raudah Mosque, Jalan Saleng, Kulaijaya, at about 10.20am on April 19 this year.
Judge Ab Rahmad Adol set bail at RM3,000 in one surety and fixed Jan 12 for mention.
Prosecuting officer from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Mohd Taufik Khamis prosecuted.
--BERNAMA