IPOH, Jan. 6 -- The Sessions Court fined two Myanmar refugees RM2,500 each for attempting to bribe a policeman here in 2018.

Abdul Manaf Abu Khalaf, 28, and Arif Dilda Amin, 24, was charged at the Session Court here with offering RM60 to Lance Corporal Mohd Fitri Lasim at Jalan Lau Tet Shin on December 25, 2018.

According to the charge sheet, the money so that Mohd Fitri, who is attached to the Pekan Baru police station, would turn a blind eye to them riding a motorcycle without a licence, which is an offence under Road Transport Act 1987.

The duo pled guilty before Judge S. Indra Nehru to the alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code, which was read together with Section 31 of the Penal Code.

The charge under Section 214...