Sobri Osman, 39, pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read to him before judge N Priscilla Hemamalini.

Sobri, a motor vehicle inspection officer at the Kuala Ketil JPJ branch in Baling, was charged with receiving bribes from a transport company manager as an inducement to not take any action on lorries belonging to the company for offences under the Road Transport Act 1987.

He is alleged to have received the money through 40 transactions using a bank account belonging to another individual at the Alor Setar Maybank branch between March 10, 2016, and Oct 8, 2019.

The charges were framed under Section 25(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which carries a fine of up to RM100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both, upon conviction.

The court allowed him bail of RM27,000 with one surety and set Aug 22 for mention.

MACC’s Zulfadli Azharudin appeared for the prosecution while lawyer Firdaus M Farouk represented Sobri.