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Source: http://thestar.com.my/services/printerf ... sec=nation
Thursday August 19, 2010
Day’s jail and RM15,000 fine for Singaporean
JOHOR BARU: A Singaporean businessman was fined RM15,000 and sentenced to a day in jail by the Sessions Court here after he pleaded guilty to offering a bribe to a traffic policeman.
Ong Peoy Kuan, 61, offered a RM100 bribe to Kons Muhammad Hafiz Aziz near the Lima Kedai toll plaza at about 5pm on May 30 to not take action against him for exceeding the speed limit.
Ong offered the bribe as Kons Muhammad Hafiz was about to issue a summons.
The offence under Section 17 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 is punishable with up to 20 years’ imprisonment or a fine of not less than five times the bribe amount or RM10,000, whichever is higher. In mitigation, Ong’s lawyer G.K. Sritharan said the accused was a first-time offender and was suffering from kidney disease as well as diabetes.
“He has deeply regretted his actions and has fully repented,” he said.
“He has saved the court’s time and expenses by admitting to the charge.”
DPP Abdul Ghafar Abdul Latiff argued for the maximum sentence to be imposed, saying that offering a bribe to a civil servant was a very serious offence.
Ong paid the fine.
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Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNew ... 68718.html
Aug 20, 2010
Jail, fine for bribery bid
S'porean had offered RM100 after he was stopped for speeding
JOHOR BARU - A SINGAPOREAN businessman who tried to bribe a traffic policeman with RM100 (S$43) has been sentenced to one day in jail and fined RM15,000.
Ong Peoy Kuan, 61, had offered the money on May 30 in the hope that Johor Constable Muhammad Hafiz Aziz would not give him a ticket for speeding, The Star reported yesterday.
This took place near the Lima Kedai toll plaza at about 5pm that day, the report added.
In mitigation, his lawyer, Mr G.K. Sritharan, said on Wednesday that his client was a first-time offender and was suffering from kidney disease as well as diabetes.
He told the court that Ong deeply regretted his actions and had fully repented.
The businessman later paid the fine, The Star report said.
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Source: http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC100 ... -Msian-cop
Jail, fine for offering bribe to M'sian cop
05:55 AM Aug 20, 2010
SINGAPORE - A Singaporean businessman was sentenced to a day in jail and fined RM15,000 ($6,473) in Johor Baru after he pleaded guilty to offering a bribe to a traffic policeman, reported The Star.
Ong Peoy Kuan, 61, offered a RM100 bribe to the policeman near the Lima Kedai toll plaza on May 30, after he was caught exceeding the speed limit.
The offence is punishable with up to 20 years' imprisonment or a fine of not less than five times the bribe amount or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
The prosecution had argued for the maximum sentence to be imposed, saying that offering a bribe to a civil servant was a very serious offence.
But Ong's lawyer, Mr G K Sritharan, said the accused was a first-time offender and was suffering from kidney disease as well as diabetes.
"He has deeply regretted his actions and has fully repented," he was quoted as saying.
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