Former Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Mohd Arif Ab Rahman and his son Ahmad Zukhairi Mohd Arif, 35, were today charged with corruption in the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur.

The recently retired Arif claimed trial to the charge of abetting his son to accept a S$200,000 bribe (RM628,000) from a solar electric company.

This for the company to provide solar electricity devices on four remote islands near Sandakan, at a cost of RM57.5 million.