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4 customs officers charged with accepting bribes

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All four deny accepting payments of between RM300 and RM5,000 for not inspecting lorries leaving KLIA Cargo.

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The four customs officers being brought to the Shah Alam sessions court to face multiple bribery charges today. (Bernama pic)

SHAH ALAM:
Four customs assistant enforcement officers were charged in the sessions court here today with accepting almost RM40,000 in bribes.

Rahi Shamudin Ishak, 51, Mat Hafizan Abdullah, 42, Ahmad Shahremy Ahmad Damanhuri, 40, and Sufian Hashim, 38, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out separately to them before judge Anita Harun.

Rahi was charged with 42 counts of accepting bribes of between RM400 and RM2,000 between Dec 1, 2017 and April 4, 2023, while Hafizan faced four charges of accepting bribes of RM300 between July 3, 2020 and June 3, 2021.

Shahremy was charged with one count of accepting RM5,000 on May 4, 2018, while Sufian was charged with two counts of accepting RM850 and RM400 respectively on June 30, 2018 and April 24, 2023.

The offences were allegedly committed at bank branches located at KLIA, Sepang, Taman Sri Serdang and Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi.

The four were accused of accepting bribes from the 38-year-old owner of Kalos Enterprise via online transfers so they would not inspect company cargo lorries leaving KLIA Cargo.

They were charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which stipulates a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment or a fine under Section 24(1) of the same act.

The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Afif Ali.

Rahi, Hafizan and Sufian were represented by counsel Hezri Shaharil, while Shahremy was represented by Aizat Fakri.

The court set RM30,000 bail for Rahi, RM10,000 for Hafizan, and RM8,000 each for Shahremy and Sufian with one surety and fixed July 11 for the next mention of the case.

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