Malaysia legislation
Section 77
Section 77
Penalty for assaulting or obstructing excise officers and rescuing goods
116 Laws of Malaysia ACT 176
(a)
assaults, obstructs, hinders, threatens or molests any officer of excise, or other public servant, or any person acting in aid of him, or duly employed for the prevention of offences under this Act, in the execution of his duty or in the due seizing of any goods liable to seizure under this Act;
(b)
rescues or endeavours to rescue, or causes to be rescued, anything which has been duly seized or any person who has been detained; or
(c)
before or after any seizure, staves in, breaks or otherwise destroys any vessel, receptacle, container or package whatsoever, or the contents thereof, to prevent the seizure thereof or the securing of the same, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i)
on the first conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to both; and
(ii)
on the second or subsequent conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to both.
Penalty for receiving or offering bribes and abuse of authority