KUALA LUMPUR – The sessions court here today sentenced a taxi driver, who is wanted by police for a cheating case, to a one-day jail term and RM5,000 fine for bribing a policeman.
Judge Kamarudin Kamsun ordered Beh Por Teik, 56, to serve the sentence today. Beh paid the fine.
Beh had pleaded guilty to offering the bribe to officer Adam Mohd Alhafiz of the Dang Wangi police station, as an inducement to not take any action against him.
The offence was committed at Jalan Kuching here at 11am on September 16 last year.
According to facts of the case, Adam and a colleague were trailing a taxi, which was being driven in a suspicious manner, at Jalan Loke Yew, before the taxi stopped at Jalan Kuching.
In an inspection using a mobile card acceptance device, Adam found that the driver has three past records and is on a police wanted list due to a report lodged in Taiping, Perak.
When informed that he was wanted by police, Beh showed a RM50 note to Adam, and when told that the act was an offence for corruption, the taxi driver shoved the money into the officer’s hand and asked to be allowed to leave without going to the police station.
Adam then handcuffed Beh, and took him to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here for further action.
MACC prosecuting officer Afiqah Ab Razak prosecuted, while Beh was unrepresented. – Bernama, January 19, 2021
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