Four police officers pleaded not guilty at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today to accepting over RM11,000 in gratification as an inducement to not take action against a Bangladeshi woman for possessing a fake passport.

Corporal Muhammad Fariduddin Ibrahim, 43, Sergeant Mohd Hashifuddin Md Nadirin, 39, Lance Corporal Mohamad Suhairi Hashim, 30, and Corporal Mathew Kilat, 36, who were jointly charged, made the plea before Judge Suzana Hussin.

They were charged with accepting RM11,700 in gratification from one Md Masud Abdul Latif as an inducement not to take action against the woman, Baishaki Aktar Mim.

The offence was allegedly committed at the Jalan Tun Razak police station at 9pm on Aug 21 last year.

The charge, under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009, read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment for up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the gratification or RM10,000 whichever is higher.

The four officers also pleaded not guilty to an alternative of jointly accepting the money from Masud at the same place and time.

The alternative charge was framed under Section 165 of the Penal Code for obtaining valuable things without consideration from a person concerned in any proceeding or business transacted by them as public servants.

The court allowed them bail of RM6,000 with one surety each and set April 25 for mention. They were also ordered to surrender their passports to the court and to report to an MACC office once a month.

MACC’s Afiqah Ab Razak prosecuted, while lawyers AS Dhaliwal, Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed, and Salim Bashir represented Fariduddin, Hashifuddin, and Suhairi, respectively.

Mathew was unrepresented.

- Bernama

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