Four plead guilty to accepting bribes

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KUANTAN: A Bentong Municipal Council assistant enforcement officer pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court yesterday to accepting a bribe in Sept last year.

Ahmad Razif Abdul Raof, 35, was charged under the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009 with obtaining RM500 from Gow Mor Meng as inducement to refrain from issuing a summons for illegal renovations at his shop lot, Mercury Pharmacy.

He faces up to 20 years in prison or not less than five times the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

Judge Fathiyah Idris set bail at RM3,000 with one surety and fixed Jan 23 2013 for remention.

In the same court, Seh June Yew, 24, a visitor to the Genting Highlands casino, pleaded not guilty to offering a RM50 bribe to auxiliary policeman Jaspal Singh Santokh Singh in October last year.

He allegedly committed the offence to evade being detained for taking a girl below 21 years into the casino.

Seh was also charged under the MACC Act 2009 and faces the same sentence as Ahmad Razif, upon conviction.

Judge Fathiyah set bail at RM1,500 with one surety and fixed Jan 23 2013 for remention.

Meanwhile, another two cases in the same court, also under the MACC Act 2009, saw two policemen pleading guilty to three charges of accepting bribes in 2010 and this year.

Sgt Mohamad Sohaimy Arshad, 50, from the Criminal Investigations department of the Bera police head quarters was charged with receiving two bribes totalling M1,300 bribe on Jan 3 to unconditionally release Saiful Fazli Hanipah, a motorbike theft suspect.

He was allowed bail at RM2,000 with one surety for each charge and remention on Jan 28 2013.

Sgt Major Azizan Saad, 53, of the Temerloh police head quarters was charged with obtaining a RM500 bribe from Chew Kok Roon who was allegedly running an illegal money lending business, on Aug 17 2010 in Mentakab.

Both the suspects face up to 20 years in prison or not less than five times the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction under the MACC Act 2009.

The judge set bail at RM3,000 with one surety for Azizan and fixed Jan 23 2013 for remention.

All four cases were handled by MACC prosecuting officer Mohd Norazman Jaya. — Bernama