Prolintas COO claims trial to RM70,000 graft charge

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Prolintas Group of Companies chief operating officer (COO) Rostam Shahrif Tami has been charged at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur with accepting a bribe of RM70,000 linked to a highway project.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/pv9pw2d2  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prolintas Group of Companies' Chief Operating Officer, COO, Rostam Shahriftami, has been

00:09charged at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur with accepting a bribe of 70,000 ringgit linked

00:15to a highway project. The 59-year-old pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before

00:21Sessions judge Rosli Ahmad on Monday. According to the charge sheet, Rostam allegedly received

00:27the bribe from a representative of Satunas Technologies' Sendirian Berhad as an inducement

00:33to award a work project titled to construct end-cap stressing and shear block and to

00:39install expansion joint, including hacking, grouting and nosing, for the Sungai Besi Ulu

00:44Kelang Elevated Expressway, SUKE. The offence was allegedly committed at the parking lot

00:50of a mosque in Kampung Datuk Keramat in Kuala Lumpur on April 12, 2023. Rostam faces charges

00:57under Section 16AA of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission MACC Act 2009, which carries a

01:06penalty of up to 20 years' imprisonment and a minimum fine of 10,000 ringgit if convicted.

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