A senior immigration officer at KLIA faces four graft charges for allegedly taking RM140,000 to admit 56 Bangladeshi nationals illegally.
SHAH ALAM: A senior Malaysian Immigration Department officer pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to four counts of accepting RM140,000 in bribes.
Mastura Aziz, 48, allegedly received the money to illegally admit 56 Bangladeshi nationals into the country.
The deputy assistant director at KLIA Terminal 1 was charged under Section 16(a)(B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
The offences are alleged to have occurred on four separate dates in May 2025 at locations in Sepang and Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a fine of at least five times the bribe amount or RM10,000.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Irna Julieza Maaras proposed bail of RM50,000 with additional conditions.
The accused’s lawyer, Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent, applied for a reduced bail of RM10,000 citing her clean record of attendance.
Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin set bail at RM20,000 with one surety for all charges.
He also ordered the accused to report monthly to the nearest MACC office.
The court scheduled the next case mention for February 25.
