22-05-2025
Ex-cop, 2 policemen charged with taking RM20,000 bribe
Wan Nor Imran Wan Seman, Ahmad Rabani Rusnizal, and Shukre Rowi pleaded not guilty to charges of accepting bribes in the Ipoh sessions court.
IPOH : A former police corporal and two policemen with the rank of lance corporal were charged in the sessions court here today with two counts of accepting a RM20,000 bribe to withhold action against a suspect found in possession of drugs in July 2023.
Wan Nor Imran Wan Seman, 35, who now works as a lorry driver, together with Ahmad Rabani Rusnizal, 29, and Shukre Rowi, 37, pleaded not guilty to both charges before judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi.
As policemen attached to the crime prevention unit of the Merbok police station in Kedah, they are accused of conspiring to receive a RM10,000 bribe which was transferred from an AmBank Islamic account belonging to Azizi Norhafizi Abu Bakar, 37, to Rabani's Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) account.
The bribe was allegedly given as an inducement not to take action against Azizi for possessing methamphetamine. The offence allegedly took place at the BSN branch in CPI Kamunting, Perak, at about 3am on July 24, 2023.
For the second charge, they are accused of committing the same offence involving the same individual, amount of money, and location on July 25, 2023.
The charges were brought under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum 20-year jail term and a minimum RM10,000 fine upon conviction.
The court allowed bail of RM5,000 with one surety for each accused, who were also ordered to surrender their passports and report to the nearest MACC office every month.
The case is set for mention on June 26.
