Former AADK employee charged with four counts of corruption

GEORGE TOWN: A former National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) employee was charged at the Sessions Court here today with four counts of corruption.
Mexnuel Pinus, who was attached with the Prevention Department of the state AADK as an assistant officer, claimed trial to all the charges.
On the first charge, the 25 year-old Sabahan was charged with soliciting RM1,300 from S. Jeffry through one Joy Fredolin Laurance as an inducement not to take action against Jeffry, who tested positive for morphine in front of a 7-Eleven store at Jalan Datuk Keramat between 10.25pm to 11.32pm on Jan 20 last year.
The accused was charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 for which he is liable to face a jail term of not more than 20 years and a fine of five times the value of the bribe.
On the second charged he is alleged to have accepted RM200 through a CIMB bank account on Dec 5, 2015, without any return from one A. Helda who has an official link to S. Jeffry in his official capacity as an AADK officer.
On the third charge, Mexnuel is alleged to have accepted RM 1,300 from Helda on Dec 7, 2015 and on the last charge he was also alleged to have accepted RM1,000 from the same person on Dec 21, 2015 through the same CIMB bank account.
For the second, third and fourth charges , Mexnuel was charged under the Penal Code which carries a maximum jail term of two years, a fine or both.
MACC Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Ghazali Muhamad Nazdri proposed bail of RM10,000 for the first charge and another RM10,000 for the remaining charges.
Judge Roslan Hamid set bail at RM15,000 with one surety for all the charges and fixed April 27 for mention.