2 RTD personnel plead not guilty to bribing colleagues

Two Road Transport Department (RTD) personnel pleaded not guilty in the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court in Malacca today to charges of corruptly offering gratification to a colleague as an inducement to not take action against lorries belonging to certain operators carrying excessive loads.

Mohd Rafi Abd Rahman, 59, was alleged to have offered RM600 for a period of six months to a Grade AB29 inspector at Malacca RTD as gratification for not taking action against lorries with Pepsi or Saudagar stickers for carrying excessive loads.