Jan 14, 2011 - A police inspector and a shoplot owner were each sentenced to two years in jail and fined RM15,000 by the Sessions Court for bribery and abetment.
Sessions judge Abu Bakar Katar ruled that the prosecution had proven its case against both Insp V. Vijayan, 31, and Anthony Michael Joseph, 43, beyond reasonable doubt.
Insp Vijayan had earlier pleaded not guilty to having agreed to accept a RM3,000 bribe from shoplot tenant S. Ganeswaran as an inducement not to take action against him for allegedly hiring two Indian nationals without work permits at a food stall on Aug 20, 2004.
The inspector, an investigating officer at the Brickfields police station since Oct 1, 2000, faced another charge of abetting his friend Anthony in committing corruption for a similar matter at a petrol station that same day.
Anthony, who pleaded not guilty to abetting Insp Vijayan, who had agreed to the bribe, had also been charged with receiving RM3,000 from Ganeswaran for the same matter at a car park on the same day.
In pleading for leniency, lawyer V. Aravindhashan asked the court to consider that Insp Vijayan’s career in the police force had been ruined and that he was remorseful while Anthony had only been the “middle man”.
Reported By The Star
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