JOHOR BARU: Two men have been charged at the Sessions Court here with offering a RM90,000 bribe to a police officer in October.
Law Wen Xiang, 32, and Donavan Sia Qi Xun, 27, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to them in Mandarin by the court interpreter before Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Tuesday .
The accused were also offered an alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code for giving or offering gratification, read together with Section 34 for a criminal act jointly committed with others, which carries a maximum jail term of 10 years or a fine, or both, upon conviction. During the proceeding, the prosecution asked for bail to be set at RM70,000 for each of the accused, with the additional condition that they report to the MACC office here once a month until the case is over.
Mohamad Isa, who represented Sia, informed the court that the accused was a student at a college in Kuala Lumpur and his expenses were borne by his parents, who are in Singapore.
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