A Seremban High Court assistant and a Prisons Department staff member were charged in the Sessions Court today with accepting a RM2,000 bribe to remove a file on a rape case from the court.

The court staff member, Mohd Tarmidzi Zulkapli, 27, and Adi Lala Rahim Mansah, 26, who is with the Seremban Prisons Department, are charged with accepting the bribe from one Mohd Azam Azhari Juhari at the Ar Robah Restaurant, Taman Desa Anggerik, Senawang, on Sept 19, 2008.

However,  Mohd Tarmidzi and Adi Lala Rahim pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to the charge.

Judge Nursinah Adzmi set bail at RM2,000 each and fixed April 7 for hearing.

Deputy public prosecutor from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Fieza Fazlin Fandi, prosecuted, while both the accused were unrepresented.

- Bernama