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KOTA KINABALU: A high-ranking police officer was jailed for two years and fined RM25,000 or five months in jail in absentia after being convicted of asking a woman for RM20,000 in connection with a cheating case in 2016.
Mohd Mahyudin Abdullah (Photo), who held the rank of Deputy Superintendent at the time, was found guilty of soliciting a bribe of RM20,000 from Josepin J. Langkan as an incentive not to take action against her under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating.
The crime occurred between 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on June 15, 2016, in a parking lot of the Mini Café and Bar in Lorong Austral, Taman Ridgeview, here.
Mahyudin was convicted under Section 16 (a) (B) of the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which provides a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of five times the amount involved o RM10,000, whichever is higher, by conviction.
However, the Sessions Court judge, Abu Bakar Manat, acquitted and acquitted Mahyudin of two other charges of receiving and agreeing to receive bribes from the same person.
He was released from the second count of receiving a 5,000 ringgit bribe from Josepin for the same purpose on June 15 and 18, 2016, in a parking lot in front of the Kolej Yayasan Sabah Resource Center, here.
In the third charge, Mohd Mahyudin was also released from the charge of agreeing to receive RM500 from Josepin for the same purpose between 9:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on June 15, 2016, in a parking lot of the Mini Café and Bar in Lorong Austral, Taman. Ridgeview, here.
The court allowed Mahyudin’s request to stay the execution of the sentence pending the appeal to the High Court against the sentence, but was ordered to add RM3,000 to his previous bond, which should be paid before December 21 (Monday ).
Attorney Chin Tek Ming asked for a lenient sentence and stated that Mahyudin had served in the police force for 26 years and had numerous achievements.
Chin said Mahyudin had no prior convictions and had four children to care for.
MACC prosecutor Clementine Severinus pushed for a deterrent sentence on the grounds that Mahyudin had tarnished the name of the police by committing the crime.
Clementine said that prayer should be a lesson not only for Mahyudin but for others.
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