ALOR SETAR: A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to three years’ jail and fined RM15,000, in default a year’s jail, by the Sessions Court here yesterday for bribing a Kedah Immigration officer.
Judge Mohd Sobri Ismail handed down the sentence on a construction labourer, Abu Hanif Toyah Ali, who pleaded guilty to the charge.
Abu Hanif, 24, was charged with offering a RM3,000 bribe to Nurul Huda Che Khalid for her to release his brother-in-law, Md Shohag Miah, who was allegedly detained by the Immigration Department.
The offence was committed at the Kedah Immigration Department office at Bandar Mu’adzam Shah (Anak Bukit) near here at about 4.45pm last Tuesday.
In mitigation, Abu Hanif, who was unrepresented, said he had to support a wife and son, as well as his parents.
Deputy public prosecutor from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Fieza Fazlin Fandi, prosecuted. — Bernama