Three Immigration Department officers and a restaurant owner were charged in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court today on corruption charges related to “counter setting” in Pasir Gudang and Muar around 2023 to February last year.

Azhar Jamal, 40, Ridzal Yasin, 43, Hairizam Mohamed, 58, and restaurant owner Haslan Hazilah, 57, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out separately before judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail.

Azhar, who was working as an immigration officer, was charged with 14 counts of...