BUTTERWORTH: A Road Transport Department assistant enforcement officer was charged at the Sessions Court here today with eight counts of accepting RM8,000 from a logistics company director in 2018.
Zainuddin Jaafar, 53, claimed trial to the charges which were read to him by the court interpreter before Judge Zulhazmi Abdullah.
Zainuddin, attached to the RTD enforcement station in Kuala Ketil, Kedah, is alleged to have accepted RM1,000 every month from the director of the logistics company involving enforcement against lorries under the Road Transport Act 1987.
The accused is alleged to have accepted the money through his 48-year-old wife's bank account.
He is alleged to have committed the offences between May and December 2018 at a bank in Taman Desa Murni, Butterworth here.
He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries two years' imprisonment and fine or both upon conviction.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutors Afiqa Liyana Rozman and Noor Azura Zulkiflee prosecuted while the accused was represented by counsel Y. Anbananthan.
The prosecution asked the court to set bail at RM20,000.
The accused's counsel told the court that his client was a father of five with four school-going children.
"We appeal for a minimum bail, taking into account his financial status," he added.
The court set bail at RM10,000 with one surety.
Zulhazmi also ordered the accused to surrender his passport to the court and to report to the MACC office once every month until the end of the case.He fixed July 19 for mention.