Judge Rozilah Salleh handed down the sentence on Azli Adam, 58, after ruling that the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case. She also ordered the accused to serve the jail sentence from today.

However, the court allowed an application by lawyer Wan Shahrizal Wan Ladin, who was representing the accused, to stay the jail sentence pending his client’s appeal to the High Court and raised the bail amount from RM3,500 to RM5,000.

Azli, who was the Bandar Teknologi community police station chief, was charged with accepting a bribe of RM300 at the station on March 14, 2016.

Anyone found guilty of this offence under Section 165 of the Penal Code can be jailed up to two years or fined, or both.

The prosecution was conducted by prosecuting officer Aliff Shaharuzaman.

A total of 18 witnesses as well as the accused testified at the trial, which began in 2020.