Immigration officer in Kuching fined RM30,000 for not reporting bribery to MACC | Malay Mail

KUCHING, July 31 ― A female immigration officer was slapped with a RM30,000 fine at the Session’s Court here yesterday after pleading guilty to two alternative charges for failing to report a bribery transaction amounting to RM8,200 to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission .

Prior to pleading guilty to the two alternative charges, the accused Dina Azanina Morshidi, 41, was initially charged with 22 offences under Section 165 of the Penal Code for allegedly receiving RM109,600 in bribes that were paid in stages from Mohd Syah Ezyan Abd Rahman, a 34-year-old male immigration officer.

Meanwhile, the first alternative charge against the accused was for receiving a RM1,100 bribe from a representative from Doyan Enterprise. Based on the case’s description, the accused started receiving bribes in 2016 for allowing foreigners especially from China with various immigration offences to enter the state from the counter where she was stationed.

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