A 50-year-old Chinese national yesterday denied charges of bribery to police officers after being stopped for alleged traffic offences.
At the Magistrates’ Court Jiang Zhi Jun pleaded not guilty to two offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to investigations by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the defendant was driving his car to his workplace at the Southern Jetty of Pulau Muara Besar when he was stopped by two patrolling police personnel at 8.25am on September 2.
The defendant was allegedly driving while using a mobile phone and without a safety belt.
After the policemen explained the offences to the defendant, he allegedly offered them BND200 to refrain from taking any action against him.
When the policemen refused the money, he offered another BND50, which was again turned down by the policemen.
The policemen then reported the incident to their superior, who came to the scene.
The defendant allegedly also offered BND75 to the officer when he arrived to not take action against him for traffic offences.
Magistrate Syaffina binti Shahif adjourned the case to September 21 to fix trial dates. The defendant is remanded in the meantime. – Fadley Faisal
