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Keratan Akhbar Pilihan Law Enforcement Trio Honoured For Refusing Bribes

Published: 28 Feb 2024 4.46 AM Updated: 17 Jul 2026 3.33 AM
Johor Bahru, 28th February 2024 – It was Constable R. Romual Joshua's first patrol duty when two men offered him cash as an inducement not to arrest them.
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Johor Bahru, 28th February 2024 – It was Constable R. Romual Joshua's first patrol duty when two men offered him cash as an inducement not to arrest them.

The 28 year old, who has been with the police force for about a year, said he was placed on motorcycle patrolling duties with two other colleagues on Feb 10.

“The three of us were at Jalan Tun Ali in Bandar Tenggara, Kota Tinggi, at around 6.30pm when we noticed two Nepali men on a motorcycle. We stopped them to check their documents but they claimed that they did not have their passports with them,” he said when interviewed at the Johor police monthly assembly here yesterday.

Constable Romual Joshua, who is with the Bandar Tenggara police station, said that they informed the men that they would be booked for riding a motorcycle without a licence and for not wearing a helmet.

One of the foreigners then tried to give the policemen RM50 each to let them go, he said, adding that his colleagues gave them three warnings but the man insisted on offering the bribe.

Read further on The Star’s article attached.
 
ArticlePublished 28 Feb 2024 4.46 AMUpdated 17 Jul 2026 3.33 AM