Army retiree fined RM15,000 for bribery
IPOH: The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced an army retiree to one day in prison for bribing an Immigration assistant enforcement officer.
Judge S Indra Nehru also fined Termizi Mohamad RM15,000 in default six months’ jail for offering RM3,000 to Abdul Majid Mohamed at Rancangan Perkampungan Tersusun Tekah Baru, Kampung Kepayang at 1.30am on March 24.
T e rmi z i , 6 9 , a d mit t e d committing the offence as an inducement to release his worker who was detained for entering Mal aysi a without a val id document.
Earlier in mitigation, counsel Kathan Maruthamuthu told the court that Termizi had served in the army for 29 years.
“He is only receiving RM1,200 monthly as pension and suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease and has to undergo followup treatment every four months.
“He also has to support a wife who is ill and two granddaughters aged seven and five years as their only son had passed away in 2012 due to brain cancer,” he said.
However, deputy publ i c prosecutor Nurul Wahida Jalaluddin from the Malaysian Anti- Corruption Commission urged the court to impose an appropriate sentence based on the seriousness of the offence, and to forfeit the RM3,000.
Termizi paid the f ine. — Bernama
He is only receiving RM1,200 monthly as pension and suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease and has to undergo followup treatment every four months. Kathan Maruthamuthu, counsel