IPOH – A former civil servant has been sentenced to nine months’ jail and fined RM10,000 after pleading guilty to bribing a policeman last year, at a sessions court here today.
R. Lingeswaran, 38, a Taiping Municipal Council’s engineering division former employee, pleaded guilty to the charge, which was read before judge S. Indra Nehru.
Indra Nehru also ordered the father-of-two to serve another two weeks’ jail if he fails to pay the fine.
According to the charge sheet, Lingeswaran is accused of offering a RM350 bribe to a police officer as an inducement for the latter to not take legal action on the offence of obstructing a civil servant from conducting inspections under Section 186 of the Penal Code.
He was charged with committing the offence at Jalan Tupai in Taiping at about 9.20pm on July 13 last year.
The charge was framed under Section 17 (b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and punishable under Section 24(1) of the same law, which provides for imprisonment not exceeding 20 years and a fine not less than five times the amount of the bribe, or RM10,000, or whichever is higher, if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Wahida Jalaluddin and prosecuting officer Mohd Shafiqzan Suhaimi prosecuted, while Lingeswaran was not represented. – Bernama, March 25, 2021
