Asdi Ali, 42, was accused of offering a bribe to the Hulu Selangor district engineer as an inducement to obtain the department’s cost estimates for work to replace and improve road safety at Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands (B66) and road surface repair work at Jalan Kuala Kali-Rasa in the Hulu Selangor district.

He was accused of committing the offence at Forest City Golf Club, Gelang Patah, in January last year, and was charged under Section 17 (b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, punishable under Section 24 (1) of the same law.

Asdi can be jailed for a maximum of 20 years and fined not less than five times the total value of the bribe, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted.

MACC prosecuting officer Mohd Aliff Shaharuzaman offered RM10,000 bail in one surety and asked that the accused report to the Shah Alam MACC office every month.

He also applied for the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam sessions court to be tried jointly with another corruption case faced by the accused, involving the same investigating officer and witnesses.

Defence counsel Nazrin Sulaiman appealed to the court to apply the RM15,000 bail set previously by the Shah Alam court, as well as other conditions, including the accused’s passport to be surrendered.

Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail allowed the accused the same bail set by the Shah Alam court and set Jan 26 for re-mention of the case.