A former Malacca chief minister’s ex-aide has pleaded not guilty at the Malacca Sessions Court today to 12 counts of accepting bribes totalling RM408,736 in 2017 and 2018.
On the first count, the accused - 52-year-old Rosli Hasan - was charged with accepting a bribe of RM323,736 in the form of renovation work on the house belonging to his wife in Taman Pokok Mangga between May 2017 and February 2018.
On the 11 other charges, he was alleged to have accepted bribes in the form of credit card payments totalling RM85,000 between May and Oct 19, 2017.
He was alleged to have accepted the bribes as an inducement to help a company secure a contract to design and build a mosque, multipurpose hall, shop lots, and a garbage dump on Lot 341 and 345, Mukim Bachang, worth RM5.28 million.
The charge under Section 16(a)(B) of the MACC Act 2009 carries a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of RM10,00 or five times the value of the bribes, whichever is higher, if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Irwan Shah Abdul Samad prosecuted, while Rosli was represented by lawyer Azrul Zulkifli Stork. Judge Elesabet Paya Wan set May 16 for re-mention.
- Bernama
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