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KUALA LUMPUR: Five Finance Ministry staff members were fined between RM1,500 and RM2,000, in three months in jail by default, by the Court of Sessions here, after they pleaded guilty of failing to report the bribe offers to the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). .
The five officials are the first accused of the crime in this country.
The deputy accountants, Azad Fadhmi Abdul Rahman, 34, and Madiyana Mamat, 39, as well as the administrative assistant Nurul Ashikin Zulkaflee, 33, were fined 1,500 ringgit each, while two other defendants, the deputy administrative officer , Mohd Fairus Hussin, 38, and Accounting Assistant, Siti Nurkhairunnisa Adnan, 32, were fined RM2,000.
Before sentencing, Judge Manira Mohd Noor advised all defendants not to repeat the crime because even with a small amount involved, their future could be ruined.
The five were alleged to have been offered bribes of between RM200 and RM600 to accelerate approval to obtain Bumiputera status to five companies through the electronic procurement system, a violation under the MACC Act of 2009 (Law 694).
The crimes were committed in the business registration unit, procurement division of the Ministry of Finance in Putrajaya between May 2018 and June 2020, in accordance with Section 25 (1) of the MACC Law of 2009 (Law 694) and punishable under Section 25 (2) of the same act, which provides for a maximum fine of RM100,000 or a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or both.
Earlier, Assistant Prosecutors Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin and R. Francine Cheryl urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence bearing in mind that the defendants were the first to be charged in court under the provision.
However, lawyers Mohd Shahrullah Khan Nawab Zadah Khan and Muhamad Aizat Fakri, representing all the defendants, appealed for a fine not to exceed the emoluments they receive each month and without imprisonment, fearing that a heavy penalty could make your clients lose their jobs.
“They are the main breadwinner in the family and have given their word that they would report any bribery offer to the authorities after this,” Muhamad Aizat said. -Called
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