Ex-immigration Deputy DG Cleared of Corruption

The Appeals Court here Monday cleared former Immigration deputy director-general Yusof Abu Bakar of 14 counts of corruption involving RM121,500.

Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad chairing a three-member panel ruled that there was no merit in the prosecution's appeal to quash the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision to acquit and discharge Yusof of the charges.

In unanimously dismissing the prosecution's appeal Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy said there were many loopholes in the prosecution's case.

Justices Datuk Linton Albert and Datuk Mohtarudin Baki were the other two judges on the panel.
Yusof was charged with receiving between RM500 and RM18,500 from a marketing manager and a third party as inducement to approve the extension of social visit passes for Chinese nationals between March 21 and July 7, 2008.

He was alleged to have committed the offences at his office in Putrajaya, at the Federal Hotel in Jalan Bukit Bintang and at the Caltex petrol station in Jalan Pudu.

Yusof was sentenced to six years' jail and fined more than RM600,000 after he was found guilty by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court in December 2010 of the 14 corruption charges.

On Feb 29 this year, the Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed his appeal to quash his conviction, jail term and fine.

Deputy Public Prosecutor from Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Ahmad Sazilee Abdul Khairi appeared for the prosecution. - Bernama

Source : The Star

Former Alcatel Employee Charged With Bribery

A former employee of Alcatel Network Systems (M) Sdn Bhd was ordered to enter her defence on a corruption charge involving RM25,000.

Sessions judge Rozilah Salleh said in her ruling yesterday that the prosecution had proven a prima facie case against Radziah Ani, 50, who allegedly offered the bribe to Telekom Malaysia Bhd assistant manager Mohd Asri Idris as an inducement to obtain information on a tender exercise more than six years ago.

The bribe was allegedly for Mohd Asri to provide tender information on the supply of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access Mobile Communications System and the Provision of Works Phase 2.

The bribe was given by way of an Alcatel cash cheque. Radziah was alleged to have committed the offence at the Shangri-la Hotel in Jalan Sultan Ismail on Feb 17, 2006.

Yesterday, Radziah’s defence lawyer Sarah Abishegam said that her client and 25 other witnesses would be testifying for the defence.

The court fixed September 19 for continuation of trial.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutor Wan Ahmad Nidzam said that nine witnesses testified for the prosecution’s case.

Radziah faces a maximum 20 years jail and a fine of RM10,000, or not less than five times the amount involved in the offence, whichever is higher.

Radziah was charged under the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 in July last year following reports that Malaysian authorities had started to probe accusations by US officials that Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent had given kickbacks to government officials in Latin America and Asia, including Malaysia, between December 2001 and June 2006.

Source : New Straits Times

Former GM Pleads Not Guilty to Bribery

A former company general manager claimed trial in a Sessions Courtto to accepting a bribe of RM2,900 last year.

Azman Anas who previously worked at Koperasi Sinarjaya Bandar Tenggara Kulaijaya Berhad pleaded not guilty to the charge Tuesday.

He was alleged to have received the money at around 12.40pm on Oct 20 last year from Oong Ah Lee as an inducement to approve an application to apply for a rock removing permit from Mukim Ulu Sungai Johor.

Azman was charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti- Curruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.

Sessions judge Mohamad Haldar Abdul Aziz set bail at RM7,000 for the offence.
Azman posted bail.

MACC prosecuting officer Noor Fazlin Hamdan prosecuted while the accused was represented by lawyer Noorul Ameen.

Source : The Star

JPJ Officer Jailed And Fined For Bribery

A Road Transport Department enforcement assistant was jailed a year and fined RM20,000 on two counts of bribery.

Norazha Izwan Mohd Aripin, 27, was found guilty by the Sessions Court here after he was called to enter his defence on both charges.

Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain held that the defence had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case.

“The court found that the accused’s defence was a mere denial. It is an afterthought,” he said in his judgment.
Pleading for leniency, his lawyer Mohd Shahrullah Khan Nawab Zadah Khan said his client, whose wife was pregnant, was remorseful of his action and was a first offender.

Prosecuting officer Mohd Nur Lokman Samingan asked for an appropriate sentence to serve as a lesson for others and to take into account public interest.

Norazha Izwan was convicted of asking a bribe of RM1,000 from Ooi Aik Keng as an inducement not to take action against him for an expired road tax offence near a petrol station in Jalan Kuching at 5pm on Jan 4 last year.

He faced a second charge of trying to obtain a bribe of RM1,000 from Ooi for the same offence in front of a bank in Setapak at 8pm on the same day.

Source : The Star

2 Men Charged With Bribery Found Guilty

Two men were sentenced by the Shah Alam Sessions Court to one day jail and fined RM30,000 for their involvement in the supply of medical equipment to University Malaya Medical Centre.

Shahzan Ahmad, 36, and Misra Nedri Raflis, 34, were sentenced by judge Asmadi Hussin after they pleaded guilty to three charges. 

 

Shahzan Ahmad, a former UMMC assistant administration officer, admitted to receiving bribes totalling RM25,000 from Orion Shipping & Forwarding Sdn Bhd (OSF), a company which he knew was involved in bidding for a contract in supplying medical equipment.   

 

He committed the offences in Petaling Jaya on April 28, 2006, Oct 9, 2006 and April 10, 2007.

 

Misra, a manager of OSF, admitted to abetting Shahzan in obtaining the bribes. 

Source : New Straits Times