Feb 8, 2011 - Pandan Umno division chief Abd Ghani Ismail fainted in court while his amended bribery charges were being read to him.
Abd Ghani, 45, fell sideways in the dock. A loud bang was heard.
Later, the accused said he fainted because “he had walked far” yesterday.
Sessions Court judge Rozilah Salleh adjourned the proceedings for 15 minutes which resumed after Abdul Ghani said he was all right and could continue.
Rozilah had earlier allowed an application by the prosecution to amend Abdul Ghani’s eight bribery charges yesterday.
Abdul Ghani pleaded not guilty to all charges. The prosecution had closed its case after calling 15 witnesses to testify in the corruption trial.
Abd Ghani had on May 26, 2009, originally claimed trial to nine counts of obtaining bribes amounting to RM169,323 from contractor Abdul Rahman Yaacob.
He was accused of obtaining the bribes ranging from RM10,189 to RM24,189 from Abdul Rahman between Aug 4, 2006, and March 31, 2007.
The eight amended charges state that Abd Ghani had allegedly corruptly received similar bribes from Abdul Rahman during the same period. The first bribery charge was not amended. Abd Ghani is said to have committed the offences in his capacity as Ampang Jaya Municipal Councils tender committee member.
Reported By The Star
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Ex-painter Jailed and Fined Over Attempted Bribery of Chief Inspector
A former painter has been jailed seven years and fined RM275,000 after a Sessions Court here dismissed his defence that he did not bribe a chief inspector because he could not speak Malay.
Sessions Court judge Rozilah Salleh said Yap Ten Ooi, 47, who asked for a Hokkien-speaking intepreter, had shown many times during the corruption trial that he in fact understood the language.
“When he gave evidence with the help of a Hokkien intepreter, there were moments when he replied even before the intepreter had finished translating the questions from the deputy public prosecutor.
“In my observation, he can communicate in the language,” she said, adding that Yap’s defence had failed to raise any reasonable doubt into the prosecution’s case.
“The defence is an afterthought,” she said, ordering the bribe amount be seized for revenue.
Yap had pleaded not guilty to offering RM54,950 as a bribe to Chief Insp D. M. Suresh, who is from the city contingent’s narcotics crime investigations department, as an inducement to escape from being arrested for drugs possession.
He was said to have committed the offence at a car park in Jalan Kepong about 8.15pm on July 15 last year.
According to court papers, police had seized 67.22g of syabu, 21.67g of heroin and 25.43g of opium that day from the place where Yap was arrested.
Yap is facing a drug trafficking charge and his trial is pending at the High Court here.
In pleading for leniency, Yap’s lawyer Hermes Media Putra Ibrahim said he had to support 11 siblings and that he was suffering from gastric and skin disease.
DPP Mohd Sophian Zakaria said Yap had dared to offer a bribe to a public servant with the presumption that the officer would ignore the law for the sake of huge sum of money.
Reported By The Star
Sessions Court judge Rozilah Salleh said Yap Ten Ooi, 47, who asked for a Hokkien-speaking intepreter, had shown many times during the corruption trial that he in fact understood the language.
“When he gave evidence with the help of a Hokkien intepreter, there were moments when he replied even before the intepreter had finished translating the questions from the deputy public prosecutor.
“In my observation, he can communicate in the language,” she said, adding that Yap’s defence had failed to raise any reasonable doubt into the prosecution’s case.
“The defence is an afterthought,” she said, ordering the bribe amount be seized for revenue.
Yap had pleaded not guilty to offering RM54,950 as a bribe to Chief Insp D. M. Suresh, who is from the city contingent’s narcotics crime investigations department, as an inducement to escape from being arrested for drugs possession.
He was said to have committed the offence at a car park in Jalan Kepong about 8.15pm on July 15 last year.
According to court papers, police had seized 67.22g of syabu, 21.67g of heroin and 25.43g of opium that day from the place where Yap was arrested.
Yap is facing a drug trafficking charge and his trial is pending at the High Court here.
In pleading for leniency, Yap’s lawyer Hermes Media Putra Ibrahim said he had to support 11 siblings and that he was suffering from gastric and skin disease.
DPP Mohd Sophian Zakaria said Yap had dared to offer a bribe to a public servant with the presumption that the officer would ignore the law for the sake of huge sum of money.
Reported By The Star
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