Myanmar national fined for offering RM150 bribe to policeman
ALOR STAR: A Myanmar national was fined RM2,000, or two months' jail in default, by the Sessions Court here today (June 25) for offering a bribe to a policeman.
Hamid Husson Abul Husson, a 22-year-old Rohingya migrant, was sentenced by Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini after pleading guilty.
According to the facts of the case, Hamid had offered a bribe of RM150 to Corporal Mohd Zulhelmi Abdullah as an inducement not to take legal action against him for driving without a valid licence, an offence under Section 26 of the Road Transport Act 1987.
The offence was committed at about 4.30pm on May 25 along Jalan Kampung Kubang Menerong, Padang Sera, Kodiang, in Kubang Pasu district.
The charge was framed under Section 214 of the Penal Code, which provides for a prison sentence of up to ten years, or a fine, or both.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Mohd Zulfadli Azharuddin prosecuted, while Hamid was represented by lawyer Nursyafiqin Ahmad.
Zulfadli urged the court to impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the offence and serves as a deterrent.
In pleading for leniency, Nursyafiqin said this was Hamid's first offence during his seven-year stay in Malaysia.
Hamid paid the fine.
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