KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Four former bank officers pleaded not guilty in two Sessions Courts today to charges of accepting bribes totalling RM177,769.39 involving personal loan applications from customers.
They are e-hailing drivers Noor Iskandar Aziz, 44, and Muhammad Najmi Mu'az Pekan, 34; salesman Amir Hafizi Anuar, 29, and private employee Syazwan Akmal Badran, 33.
In the court before Judge Rosli Ahmad and Judge Azura Alwi, Iskandar, who was then working as a marketing officer at Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad's Putrajaya branch, was charged with 10 counts of accepting bribes totalling RM94,173 from CSA Infinite Consultancy Company, Ong Kim Hock, Ong Mun Ho, Lim Kim Yen, and Anas Syazwan Abd Samad.
Also charged before Judge Rosi was Najmi, who was then a consumer finance executive at Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad's PKNS branch in Shah Alam. He was charged with two counts of receiving bribes totalling RM5,567 from JWW Titans Trading and Lim.
Amir, a marketing officer at Bank Islam's Kajang branch, was charged with seven counts of receiving bribes totalling RM37,347.76 from CSA Infinite Company, JZ Solution Company, and Lim.
They were accused of accepting bribes in exchange for assisting with the processing of personal financing applications for customers of CSA Academy Company, who had simultaneously submitted similar applications to several other financial institutions.
This resulted in the customers obtaining multiple loans that exceeded their eligibility limit.
Meanwhile, Syazwan, a former marketing officer at a bank in Petaling Jaya, pleaded not guilty before Judge Azura Alwi.
He was charged with eight counts of receiving bribes totalling RM42,681.63 from JWW Titans Company, CSA Infinite Company, Lim and JZ Solution Company for similar purposes.
All the offences were allegedly committed at Maybank and RHB Bank in Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur between October 5, 2021, and July 5, 2024.
The charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which provides a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of five times the amount or value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
