Trial date fixed for corruption case
ONE of the six officers and personnel of the Royal Customs & Excise Department accused of corruption and forbearing to take action against fuel smugglers appeared before the Bandar Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the fixing of trial dates.
Pg Ahmad bin Pg Hj Md Daud, who is being represented by Counsel Hj Zul Sukarla from Zul-Sukarla Law Office, had earlier pleaded not guilty to four charges.
He faces a first charge of having corruptly accepted $100 from a fuel smuggler at the Sungai Tujoh Customs Post sometime in December 2007, and secondly the defendant had obtained the money.
Meanwhile, the third charge states that he had corruptly accepted RM900 from a fuel smuggler sometime in September 2007 in the vicinity of Boulevard, Miri, Malaysia and the fourth charge states that the defendant had obtained the money.
The court yesterday fixed September 27 to 30, and October 4 to 7 for the trial.
The defendant is currently released on $5,000 court bail or one local surety pending trial.
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Source: Sahrol Daud