Meat cartel: Four Maqis officers, company owner charged

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JOHOR BARU (Bernama): Four assistant enforcement officers of the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (Maqis) and a company owner were charged in the Sessions Court here Sunday (May 23) with corruption and submitting false information in a meat cartel case.

Two of the Maqis officers - Mohd Hafizan Khalid, 44, and Nor Azlan Mat Suki, 40, - the company owner, Abdul Latif A Rahman, 55, pleaded not guilty to the charges after they were read out separately before Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail.

The charges against them were framed under Section 16 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which provides an imprisonment for up to 20 years and fine of not less than five times the value of the gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty. He was also charged with two alternative charges with submitting the false information under Section 471 of the Penal Code, which provides an imprisonment for up to two years, or fine, or both, if found guilty.

 

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Who are they? Name & face? Even in this still using race also? This country will go down in drain until this stupid race & racial is used

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