Police inspector jailed five years, fined RM25,000 for corruption

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SHAH ALAM: A police inspector was sentenced to five years’ jail and fined RM25,000, in default 25 months’ jail, by the Sessions Court here yesterday after he was found guilty of receiving RM5,000 from a suspect in a robbery case three years ago.

Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah handed down the sentence on Mohd Firdaus Mohd Japar, 26, after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in establishing the case against him.

However, Mat Ghani allowed a stay of the sentence pending an appeal at the High Court and increased Mohd Firdaus’ bail to RM10,000 from RM8,000.

Mohd Firdaus was charged with receiving RM5,000 from Mohd Noorsham Sapingai, 30, detained for alleged involvement in a robbery, to settle the case with the help of the deputy public prosecutor.

The offence was allegedly committed at the Craft Complex, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur, about 5pm on March 21,
2009.

Earlier, Mat Ghani acquitted and discharged Mohd Firdaus from another charge of receiving RM3,000 from Mohd Noorsham’s brother Norman Sapingai, 31, for the same purpose.

The offence was allegedly committed at Sungai Buloh police station at 11pm on Feb 22, 2009.

Deputy public prosecutors from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Nik Haslinie Hashim and Yusliza Mohd Yusof prosecuted, while Mohd Firdaus was represented by lawyer N Satgurunathan. — Bernama