Five staff members of a government hospital pleaded not guilty in the Seremban Sessions Court today to 21 charges of accepting bribes ranging from RM600 to RM2,250 in connection with mortuary services between 2021 and last year.

Assistant medical officer N S Sharvinder Singh, 40, and health assistants S Vickneswari, 55; P Veeramaly, 50; Mohd Nor Ali, 36; and Wan Mohd Fazlan Shah Shasim, 41, who serve in the forensic department, entered their pleas when the charges were read separately before judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi.

They were accused of...