Ex-JB mayor charged with accepting RM1.55mil bribes

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Adib Azhari Daud is accused of accepting the payments to help two men secure projects in the city council area.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/06/02/ex-jb-major-charged-with-accepting-rm1-55mil-bribes/   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/06/02/rasuah-rm1-55-juta-bekas-datuk-bandar-jb-berdepan-12-pertuduhan-mengaku-tak-salah/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AdibAzhariDaud #BriberyCharges

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00:00 The former mayor of Johor Bahru pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of accepting bribes amounting

00:07 to 1.55 million ringgit between 2020 and 2021.

00:13 Adib Azhari Daud, 63, is alleged to have received money as a reward for helping two men secure

00:19 various projects in the Johor Bahru City Council area through another individual.

00:26 The payments were alleged to have been made in 12 transactions of between 10,000 ringgit

00:30 and 250,000 ringgit each.

00:34 Some of the projects included annual roadside landscape maintenance work, annual maintenance

00:39 work for pruning trees, and maintenance work for the centralised sewage treatment plant.

00:45 The charges were framed under Section 16(a)(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission

00:50 Act 2009.

00:52 Upon conviction, the defendant could face a prison sentence of not more than 20 years

00:57 and a fine not less than five times the value of the bribe or 10,000 ringgit, whichever

01:03 is higher.

01:05 Judge Siti Norai Dasulaiman allowed Adib bail of 120,000 ringgit for all the charges in

01:11 two sureties.

01:12 (upbeat music)

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