A former Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) assistant superintendent was jailed six months by the High Court here for agreeing to accept a Rolex watch as a gift over an ongoing graft probe involving a former Selangor executive councillor.
Rahiman Selamat, 52, was convicted by High Court judge Justice Su Geok Yiam after hearing the prosecution’s appeal yesterday following his acquittal at a lower court.
He was said to have agreed to accept the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch from one Razif Kamaruddin at The Mall in Jalan Putra on April 17, 1998. Razif is a friend of the Selangor exco member.
Justice Su also dismissed a stay application against the court ruling.
Rahiman was earlier acquitted by the Sessions Court on two counts of corruption.
He was freed on his principle charge of agreeing to accept the RM3,000 watch as an inducement to help executive councillor Datuk Saidin Thamby, who was then under an ACA probe.
He was also acquitted on an alternative charge.
Source : The Star
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