PEKAN – Five policemen pleaded not guilty at the magistrate’s court here today to extortion involving 15 migrant plantation workers four months ago.
Noor Adzraai Mohd Noor (36), Wan Mohd Asrullah Wan Nor Zali (35), Yusof Mohamad (25), Azlan Alwi (35), and Muhamad Amin Abu Setaman (36), entered the not guilty plea before Magistrate Azizah Ahmad.
All five are attached to the Rompin police headquarters, some 88km from here.
They were charged with committing the offence under Section 383 of the Penal Code between 1am and 1.30am on November 1 last year at the workers’ hostel in Felda Chini 3 here. If convicted, they can be jailed up to 10 years, caned, or both.
Bail was fixed at RM2,000 each with one surety, and the court ordered their passports to be surrendered, as well as for them to report to their nearest police station once a month.
Meanwhile, Yusof and Wan Asrullah, along with restaurant employee Hassani Idris, 40, pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of extorting and seizing three handphone units belonging to three Indonesians on October 30 at 1am at the workers’ hostel in Felda Chini Timur 2.
Azizah fixed bail at RM2,000 each with one surety. – Bernama, February 9, 2021
