[size=1em]JOHOR BARU: A Johor Islamic Religious Department (JainJ) assistant officer has been slapped with three bribery charges amounting to RM26,800.
[size=1em]Nurul Hazlin Hashim, 37, pleaded not guilty to the charges against her before Sessions Court judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail here yesterday.
[size=1em]She allegedly accepted a bribe from a supply company at a bank in Taman Mohd Yassin in Simpang Renggam between Oct 27 and Nov 4,2019.
[size=1em]In the first charge, Nurul Hazlin is accused of accepting a bribe worth RM12,800 from the company’s owner as an inducement for her to recommend the company for a seminar project titled “Seminar Aqidah Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah Saudara Kita Negeri Johor 2019” between Oct 27 and Oct 29.
[size=1em]In the second and third charges, she is alleged to have accepted a bribe worth RM7,000 on Oct 29 and another RM7,000 on Nov 4 from the same company as an inducement to obtain the project titled “Program Santuni Orang Asli Siri 2/2019” and “Program Santuni Orang Asli Siri 3/2019”.