A furniture factory manager was jailed a day and fined RM20,000 or six months in jail, after he pleaded guilty to bribing a Tenaga Nasional Bhd senior manager of RM4,000 in May.
Sessions court judge Rosbiahanin Ariffin sentenced Tan Boon Hin, 57, after he pleaded guilty to the charge last month.
Tan was charged with offering the bribe to Rumaizi Mohd Amin from the TNB’s investigation division as an incentive to not take action against him over an electricity-related offence.
He committed the offence at Starbucks in Bangsar Village here at about 10.45am on May 25.
The offence is chargeable under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
In a separate case, a marketing manager claimed trial to bribing Rumaizi with RM25,000 as an incentive to not take action over an electricity-related offence at the Piau Kee Live and Frozen Seafoods Sdn Bhd premises in Kg Cheras Baru.
Cheah Peck Hiong, 39, was charged with committing the offence under Section 17(b) of the MACC Act, at a restaurant in Bangsar Shopping Centre at 5.40pm on May 24. It carries a 20-year jail term and fine five times the bribery amount, if convicted.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Sophian Zakaria prosecuted while lawyer R. Babu represented Cheah, who was granted a RM10,000 bail.
The court fixed Dec 21 for mention.
Source : The Star
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