LABUAN: Two Brunei nationals have claimed trial to a bribery charge at the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday.
Saiful Nairul Azlan Hassan and Adinah Hussin, both civil servants, were accused of offering a RM300 bribe to an enforcement officer of the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) to set them free after they were caught committing close proximity (khalwat) under Section 27 of the Shariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territory) Enactment on March 6, 2016.
Magistrate Leona Dominic Mojiliu allowed Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Schwarz Nasution’s request to release them on bail at RM15,000 each in two local sureties.
Both accused were not represented.
The magistrate remitted the case to the Sessions Court with the hearing set for March 22.
In a separate case at the same court, Wong Kin Weng, 40, who was not represented, pleaded not guilty to offering a RM2,000 bribe to a National Anti-Drugs Agency’s (AADK) officer to change his urine sample to that of his brother Wong Kin Wah.
The bribe was offered at a room in the AADK office here between 1pm and 4pm on Nov 25, 2014.
Magistrate Leona allowed bail at RM7,000 pending re-mention. – Bernama
