RM2,000 bribe: Cop charged
Published on: Tuesday, February 06, 2024
By: Crystal E Hermenegildus
Zakaria (right) being led into the court yesterday.
Kota Kinabalu: A police sergeant was charged in the Session’s Court Monday for receiving a bribe of RM2,000.
Zakaria Mohd Jasni, 39, pleaded not guilty before Sessions Judge Jason Juga for accepting the bribe from Peter Chang Nyuk Ming, which was banked into a Maybank account belonging to Nidi Anak Semilan as an inducement to not take action against Chang who was allegedly involved in drug-related offence.
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The alleged crime took place at 12.20pm on June 18, 2021, at Fook Soon Seafood Product Sdn Bhd, Kudat.
The offence under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 is punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, which carries a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of bribe, or up to RM10,000, whichever is higher, on conviction.
The court set March 4 for case management and released Zakaria on bail of RM10,000, with RM3,000 deposited in a local surety.
Zakaria was also ordered to report to MACC’s office every two months and to have his passport impounded by the court.
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MACC’s Prosecuting Officer, Norsham Saharom, appeared for the prosecution, while Zakaria was unrepresented.
Meanwhile, an undocumented woman was sentenced to five weeks in jail and RM1,400 in fines by the Magistrate’s Court here for three counts of stealing money from a restaurant last year.
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Anisah Otai, 35, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Lovely Natasha Charles to stealing RM270, RM560.20, and RM514.90, respectively, belonging to Mee Ngar Restaurant, Telipok, on Dec 19, Dec 20, and Dec 21, 2023, between 12.26 pm and 1.21pm.
On the first count, she was sentenced to a week in jail, on the second and third counts to two weeks in jail and RM700 in fines or two weeks’ jail, respectively.
Anisah was charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code which carries a jail term of up to 10 years and liability of a fine, on conviction.
A second or subsequent offence shall be punished with imprisonment and shall also be liable to fine or to whipping.
Prosecuting officer, Inspector Kelvan Elson Maik, told the court that Anisah was seen through the CCTV footage stealing money every day while she was working at the restaurant.
Kelvan applied for a deterrence sentence while the unrepresented Anisah requested leniency, saying that she was desperate for money as she had to support her six siblings and her sick mother, who only has one hand.
Anisah also expressed remorseful for what she had done and that it was her first time committing a crime.
The court ordered the five weeks in jail to run consecutively and Anisah to be referred to the immigration department.
In another case, a 50-year-old man was fined RM2,000 or a month in jail for having gambling paraphernalia.
Ong Bee Kuan admitted to purchasing two illegal lottery tickets at 5.45pm on Jan 23 in the front lobby of Soon Soo Café, Inanam.
Ong was charged under Section 9(1) of the Common Gaming House Act 1953 which provides for a fine of up to RM5,000, up to six months in jail, or both, on conviction.
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