KUANTAN, Nov 25 – A Road Transport Department (JPJ) branch head Azhar Ahmed, 51, claimed trial at the Special Corruption Sessions Court here Tuesday to 19 charges of corruptly accepting valuable items worth RM12,300. He allegedly accepted the items on a monthly basis from lorry operators around Muadzam Shah between 2012 and Sept this year.
Azhar Ahmed faces Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of two years or a fine or both, on conviction. Judge Habibah Mohamed Yusof had also set RM21,000 as bail with one surety and Dec 22 for re-mention. Deputy public prosecutor Shafinaz Shabudin represented the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission while the accused was unrepresented.
