SHAH ALAM, Oct 8 — A ‘tonto’ (lookout) pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to 55 charges of giving RM62,900 in bribes to three traffic police officers between January 2022 and February 2026.

Ang Lie Giap, 33, entered the plea after all the charges were read out before Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin.

According to the charges, the man was alleged to have corruptly given money to three traffic police officers from the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters, Negeri Sembilan Contingent Police Headquarters and the Kesas Expressway EMPV Patrol Office, as an inducement for them not to inspect lorries during roadblocks.

The bribes were allegedly given in several transactions at several bank branches in Klang and Setia Alam, involving amounts ranging from RM700 to RM2,000.