26-05-2025
Shop assistant charged with bribery bid to free 2 detainees
KUANTAN: An air conditioner shop assistant was charged in the Sessions Court here today with attempting to bribe a policeman with RM1,500 to seek the release of two friends who were arrested for committing mischief last year.
Hiew Chee Yong, 47, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out by the court interpreter before judge Sazlina Safie.
The father of two was accused of offering RM1,500 to a police sergeant attached to the Kuantan police headquarters as an inducement to release the two men, who were under investigation under Section 427 of the Penal Code for mischief.
Hiew allegedly committed the offence at the Indera Mahkota centralised lock-up at 3.10pm on May 6 last year.
He was charged under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy prosecuting officer Ezuain Farhana Ahmad proposed bail at RM12,000 with one surety and requested that the court order the accused not to contact any witnesses until the conclusion of the case.
Counsel Ahmad Saifuldin Ab Rahman informed the court that his client earned a monthly salary of RM1,435 and was supporting his wife, two children and an elderly mother.
Judge Sazlina set bail at RM8,000 with one surety and ordered the accused to surrender his passport to the court. She also instructed him to report to the MACC office monthly and to refrain from contacting any witnesses in the case.
The court set June 26 for mention.
