from Malaysiakini
The Director General of Tourism Malaysia Mirza Mohammad Taiyab was this morning charged with corruption at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
He was charged with accepting dental treatment worth RM13,860 paid for by Zulhisyam Ayob, director of Perunding Pakar Media Sdn Bhd between Jan 17, 2005 and July 26, 2005.
Mirza was the deputy director-general 1 of Tourism Malaysia during that period.
The senior ranking Tourism Ministry official claimed trial and has been released on a RM5,000 bail.
The prosecution claimed that Mirza allegedly committed the offence at the Clinic Practice Prosthodontics in Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur.
Mirza was arrested this morning by the Anti-Corruption Agency at the agency's headquarters in Putrajaya.
He had gone there to give a statement.
He was then taken straight to the court in Jalan Duta.Judge Fathiyah Idris fixed Feb 16 to 18 next year to hear the case.
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