Mohd Shukri Abdul Rahman is accompanied by MACC officers at the Sessions Court, where he claimed trial to corruptly receiving RM70,000 from a company two years ago. Bernama Photo
GEORGE TOWN: A chief operating officer claimed trial in the Sessions Court here today to corruptly receiving RM70,000 from a company, two years ago.
Rapid Penang COO Mohd Shukri Abdul Rahman, 54, allegedly received the bribe from Jayonik MSC Sdn Bhd through a Maybank account belonging to Nor Jasmin Mustafa as an inducement to issue a letter awarding the company a project, ‘Develop, Design, Manufacture, Supply, Delivery, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Warranty of Bus Simulator System for Prasarana’ worth RM8.4 million.
He is accused of committing the offence at Maybank, Times Square branch at Lot 77-G-13, 14, 15 & 16, Penang Times Square here, on April 20, 2015.
The charge under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission Act 2009 carries on conviction, a jail term not exceeding 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe.
Judge Norsalha Hamzah set RM50,000 as bail with one surety and Aug 16 for remention.
Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Ghazali Muhamad Nadzri represented the prosecution while counsel Datuk Shukri Mohamad represented the accused. – Bernama