Probe Into DJ’s Claim of Cop Asking Bribe

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar is upset over an allegation that a policeman had asked for a bribe from a deejay.

He has ordered officers to investigate the claim and take action against the policeman involved if the claim was found to be true.

“If he is found guilty, I’ll sack him,” he said, adding that policemen should also pay for any wrongdoing.

Ismail said policemen would face dismissal if they broke the law and tarnish the image of the force.

It was reported that Suria FM deejay Tyzo had claimed that a traffic policeman asked him for a bribe for committing a traffic offence.

Tyzo, whose full name is Tuah Zoqarnain Idris, claimed that the incident happened on Monday when he was stopped at a roadblock along Jalan Sunway.

He said he was found to be driving a car with heavily tinted glass.

He claimed that when he informed the policeman that he was a media personnel on duty, the policeman let him go.

Tyzo managed to jot down the name and number of the officer concerned.

Source : The Star

Previous News - Deejay - Cop Asked Me For Bribe

Deejay: Cop Asked Me For Bribe

Suria FM deejay Tyzo has claimed that a traffic policeman tried to ask him for a bribe after stopping him for committing a traffic offence.

Tyzo, whose full name is Tuah Zoqarnain Idris, said the incident happened on Monday when he was stopped at a roadblock around Jalan Sunway.

He said he was found to be driving a car with heavily-tinted glass.

“The officer gave me a choice accept a summons or resolve it otherwise. I apologised for the offence.

However, he again told me to make a decision, which I took to mean bribery.

“I then informed him that I was a media personnel on duty and that I should report him to his superiors.

“He was shocked and he just let me go,” he told mStar Online, the Malay-language online portal of The Star yesterday.

Tyzo managed to jot down the name and number of the officer concerned.

He said he had written to Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar and the Malaysian

Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

The deejay shared his views on the matter through the “Citra Muzik di Suria FM” that was aired last Monday.

Tyzo said that he had received a call from a senior police officer from the Bukit Aman's disciplinary division, who asked him for more details. The MACC had also called him up, he said.

Source : The Star

Deputy V-C Denies Asking For And Accepting Bribe

A Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) deputy vice-chancellor pleaded not guilty at a Sessions Court here to soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM15,000 from a contractor in 2010.

Prof Ir Dr Abdul Aziz Abdul Samad, 52, who heads the university’s academic and international division, pleaded not guilty to the charges before Sessions court judge Mohamad Haidar Abdul Aziz.

For the first charge, Dr Abdul Aziz was said to have asked for a bribe of RM15,000 from contractor Mohammad Anal Talhah, 41, in December 2010 as an inducement to help him obtain a contract under the university’s development and building property management division.

Avoiding the cameras: Dr Abdul Aziz trying to hide his face from press photographers at the Sessions Court in Johor Baru. -Bernama

For the second offence, Dr Abdul Aziz was charged with accepting the bribe of RM15,000 and inserting the sum into his personal bank account on Jan 28, 2011.

The charges, under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian-Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, carrry a jail term of not more than two years, a fine of RM10,000 or five times the bribe amount, whichever is higher.

Dr Abdul Aziz was also alternatively charged with accepting the bribe under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries up to two years in jail or a fine or both

He also claimed trial to the alternative charge.

MACC prosecuting officer Abdul Ghafar Ab Latif offered bail at RM30,000 for all the charges.

Dr Abdul Aziz’s lawyers Abdul Halem Mohamad Husin and Shahrul Syazwan Salehin asked the court to consider lowering the bail as Dr Abdul Aziz was still providing for his wife, two ex-wives and six children.

Mohamad Haidar set bail at RM20,000 and fixed the next date for mention on Nov 9.
Dr Abdul Aziz posted bail.

Source : The Star