Malaysiakini journalist claims trial to bribery charge

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Malaysiakini journalist B. Nantha Kumar pleaded not guilty in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Friday (March 14) to a charge of receiving a bribe from a Pakistani national last month.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5n88xf5y   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysiakini journalist B. Nanta Kumar pleaded not guilty in the Shah Alam Sessions Court

00:06on Friday to a charge of receiving a bribe from a Pakistani national last month.

00:12The 42-year-old entered his plea before Judge Datuk Muhammad Nasir Nordin.

00:18He was charged under Section 16A subsection A of the MACC Act 2009 for allegedly accepting

00:24money in exchange for removing and not publishing articles related to a foreign worker syndicate

00:30on the Malaysiakini website.

00:32The alleged offence took place at a hotel around 11.45pm on February 28.

00:39If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of no less than five times the

00:44amount of the bribe.

00:46Judge Muhammad Nasir granted bail at 10,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered Nanta

00:52Kumar to report to the nearest MACC office once a month until the case is resolved.

00:59Case mention was fixed on April 23.

01:02Last week, Malaysiakini published Nanta Kumar's account of the events that led to his arrest.

01:08The award-winning journalist has maintained that he was working with a state immigration

01:12director to uncover a syndicate involved in exploiting migrant workers.

01:22For more information, visit www.fema.gov

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