KUALA LUMPUR – A former Public Works Department engineer was charged again yesterday at the sessions court here over soliciting bribes for proposing a consultant company’s appointment as a subcontract consultant for a slope-management project.
Izwan Mashuri, 40, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read before judge Suzana Hussin.
According to the charge, Izwan had sought for himself a bribe worth 40% of the profit from slope work for Pintas Utama Sdn Bhd from the owner consultant company.
The alleged bribe was for proposing to Pintas Utama that the consultant company be appointed as a subcontract consultant for slope maintenance at federal and state roads in Peninsular Malaysia under a long-term contract starting from 2017.
The offence was allegedly committed at a food stall in Jalan Berjasa here around November 2020, under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and punishable under Section 24 of the same act.
The section provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Judge Suzana allowed the accused to use the previous bail of RM53,000 with the additional condition that he must report to the nearest MACC office every month until the case’s completion. She set mention of the case on May 23.
The prosecution was handled by deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin while the accused was represented by lawyer Faida Mohd Rashidee.
On February 17, Izwan was charged in three sessions courts here with 11 charges of money laundering and two charges of cheating and accepting bribes involving a total of RM131,600. – Bernama, April 8, 2023
