KUALA LUMPUR: A secretary from Koperasi Kredit Pekerja IMG Kejuruteraan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) Berhad pleaded not guilty at a sessions court here today to two counts of bribery amounting to RM2,000 to release a full amount of cooperative savings money owned by a DBKL employee, two years ago.
M. Moorthi, 59, was accused of asking for himself a bribe of RM2,000 from Hussainar Saidali, 61, in a bid to release all victims’ cooperative savings in accordance with Section 16 (a) (B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and is 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.
For the second charge, he was accused of asking for himself a bribe in cash of RM2,000 from Hussainar for the same purpose under Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act 2009 and is punishable under Section 24 (1) of the same act which provides for similar sentence upon conviction.
Both offences were allegedly committed in front of Sri Sakthi Maha Mariamman Hindu Temple at Jalan Robson, Taman Persiaran Desa here on 1pm, 7 June 2017.
MACC deputy prosecutor Abdul Rashid Sulaiman offered bail of RM25,000 for both charges with one surety with additional conditions to report to the nearest MACC office and his passport was submitted to the court but the accused represented by lawyer S. Narasimhan requested for a minimum bail on the ground that his client had given good cooperation with the authorities.
Judge Rozina Ayob allowed the accused to be fined RM10,000 with a guarantor of Malaysian citizenship on both charges and the additional condition that his passport was submitted to the court. Remention was set for Sept 23. — Bernama
