{
  "id": 2178786,
  "title": "Corporal begins 9-month jail after court reinstates RM700 bribe conviction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/corporal-begins-9-month-jail-after-court-reinstates-rm700-bribe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T16:53:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1515624/corporal-begins-9-month-jail-after-court-reinstates-rm700-bribe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Malaysian police corporal sentenced to nine months in jail after a court reinstated his conviction for accepting a RM700 bribe, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The three-judge panel upheld the original sentence and fine imposed by the Sessions Court. The convicted corporal acknowledged receiving the bribe from a suspect's friend, but could not prove the money's purpose was not related to graft. The bribe was given outside the police station, not in a social setting.",
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: A corporal with the police force began serving a nine-month jail term yesterday after the Court of Appeal reinstated his conviction and sentence for accepting a RM700 bribe to release a suspect in a ketum water case.",
  "key_points": [
    "Malaysian police corporal sentenced to nine months in jail",
    "Court reinstates conviction for accepting RM700 bribe",
    "Bribe acknowledged but purpose not proven as unrelated to graft"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}