A member of the General Operations Force, Barry Gelau, was sentenced to four years’ jail and fined RM10,000 after he was found guilty of attempting to bribe a police officer.
Session Court Judge Musyiri Peet said Barry’s sentence would begin from Aug 23.
Barry, 32, had on Sept 9, 2007, offered RM600 to the then Miri deputy police chief ACP Jamaluddin Ibrahim, who is today the district police chief.
He committed the crime between 1.15am and 2.22am on the five- foot way of the Miri Central Police Station.
He was attempting to get a friend, who was arrested by police, released.
In an unrelated case, a 39-year- old foreign fisherman was sen- tenced to a month’s jail and fined RM10,000 after he pleaded guilty to a charge filed under Section 17(b) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2009.
Throng Minh from Vietnam was caught red-handed when he offered RM1,000 to a maritime officer for freedom.
Throng had been caught during an operation for using unlicensed fishing devices. The operation was a joint effort by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM) which took place five nautical miles off Miri’s coast last July 4.
Source : The Star
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