Malaysiakini journalist B. Nantha Kumar pleaded not guilty in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Friday (March 14) to a charge of receiving a bribe from a Pakistani national last month.
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00:00Malaysiakini journalist B. Nanta Kumar pleaded not guilty in the Shah Alam Sessions Court
00:06on Friday to a charge of receiving a bribe from a Pakistani national last month.
00:12The 42-year-old entered his plea before Judge Datuk Muhammad Nasir Nordin.
00:18He was charged under Section 16A subsection A of the MACC Act 2009 for allegedly accepting
00:24money in exchange for removing and not publishing articles related to a foreign worker syndicate
00:30on the Malaysiakini website.
00:32The alleged offence took place at a hotel around 11.45pm on February 28.
00:39If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of no less than five times the
00:44amount of the bribe.
00:46Judge Muhammad Nasir granted bail at 10,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered Nanta
00:52Kumar to report to the nearest MACC office once a month until the case is resolved.
00:59Case mention was fixed on April 23.
01:02Last week, Malaysiakini published Nanta Kumar's account of the events that led to his arrest.
01:08The award-winning journalist has maintained that he was working with a state immigration
01:12director to uncover a syndicate involved in exploiting migrant workers.
01:22For more information, visit www.fema.gov