A businessperson with the title "datuk seri" pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today to two charges of accepting RM176,000 in bribe to help release 22 Chinese nationals last year.

According to the first and second charges, Mohammed Al Faizal Mohammed, 44, is accused of having accepted RM176,000 from another businessperson, Lim Seng Chye, 41, as an inducement to help release 22 Chinese nationals who were detained by the police and Immigration Department...