March 4, 2011 - Lenggeng assemblyman Mustafa Salim was found guilty Friday of accepting a RM2,000 bribe from a contractor as an inducement to issue a supporting letter to mine sand, more than two years ago.
The Star reported that the 51-year-old, first-term assemblyman from Barisan Nasional BN) was, however, acquitted of two counts of soliciting bribes from one M Manimaran for the same purpose.
Mustafa was charged under Section 10(a)(aa) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 with accepting the money at a restaurant in Mantin on Aug 31, 2008.
The charge carries a jail sentence of between 14 days and 20 years, and fine of five times the bribe amount or a minimum of RM10,000.
The BN representative in the Negeri Sembilan State Assembly and former teacher will be sentenced Sessions Court judge Amran Jantan by at 2.45pm today.
Mustafa was acquitted on April 14, 2010 of three charges of bribery by the Sessions Court but the prosecution appealed the verdict.
The court case raises the possibility of another by-election.
In the March 2008 election, he had beaten Zulkefly Mohamad Omar from PAS by 5,555 votes to 4,270.
Reported By : malaysiandigest
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