The seven officers were charged in courts in Kelantan, Johor, Selangor, Melaka and Penang.
In Penang, 38-year-old Akashah Roslan was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined RM12,000 when he pleaded guilty to three counts of bribery at the Butterworth Sessions Court.
Judge Norhayati Mohamad sentenced Akashah to 30 days jail to be served concurrently from the day of sentencing and fined him RM4,000 for each charge.
Akashah, who works as an immigration officer in Johor, was charged with three counts of taking money from 37-year-old Mohd Azril Azizan between June 2018 and Sept 2018.
Based on the information in the charge sheets, Akashah had received RM2,160 through a bank transaction in Jalan Mahsuri, Bayan Baru, Penang, from Mohd Azril between June 22 and June 24,2018 for services pertaining to his work.
JOHOR BARU: Two Immigration Department officers have been charged at the Sessions Court here following a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) operation called “Ops Selat” in Johor on Nov 16.
The accused, Azhar Ahmad M Salbi, 27, and Syafik Abu Khalipah, 25, faced eight corruption charges between them in front of Sessions Judge Kamarudin Kamsun here on Monday (Dec 14).
Azhar pleaded guilty to an alternative charge for accepting RM1,250 for issuing a stamp certificate of exit and entry of foreign passports some two years ago.
According to the charge sheet, Azhar, as an officer of the Immigration Department at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar here, received RM500 and RM750 from two agents through his bank account as an inducement to issue the stamp without leaving Malaysia between Feb 20 and April 9,2018.