Ex-jockey received bribes from punter

[Kenshin Uesugi]

Dec 17, 2010

Ex-jockey received bribes from punter

By Elena Chong

A FORMER apprentice jockey pleaded guilty to six counts of corruptly receiving a total of $1,470 from a regular horse punter in return for giving him insider information.

Mohamad Azrull Mohamad Sani, 24, met Cogan Swee Yong Huat, 56, through a stable boy in 2004.

It was agreed between them that Swee, who has been charged, would support Azrull financially in return for the latter to communicate - stable information about race horses not publicly available - to Swee.

The court heard that in December 2004, Azrull told Swee that he injured himself after falling from a horse and needed $450. Swee passed him the money at a coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio. Later that month, Swee gave him $200 to take his family out.

In January 2005, Azrull asked Swee to help him repay a loan from an illegal moneylender. They met at Yio Chu Kang MRT on Jan 16.

At a coffeeshop Azrull received $220 from Swee on the understanding that he was to give 'insider information' about race horses to Swee whenever the opportunity arose.

Azrull received three more payments of $200 each between Jan 24 and March 3 of 2005. Six other charges involving $1,000 will be taken into consideration when he is sentenced next Thursday (Dec 23).

Azrull can be fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each charge.

 

[chobolan]

Dec 23, 2010

Ex-jockey fined for corruption

By Elena Chong

A FORMER apprentice jockey was fined a total of $9,500 and ordered to pay a penalty of $2,470 for corruption on Thursday.

Mohamad Azrull Mohamad Sani, 24, had admitted to six charges of receiving bribes totalling $1,470 from Cogan Swee Yong Huat, a regular horse racing punter, in return for passing information about race horses to him.

This occurred between December 2004 and February 2005. Five other similar charges involving $1,000 were taken into consideration.

Swee, 56, who has been charged, had struck a deal with Azrull in 2004 that he would support him financially in return for 'insider information' not publicly available.

Azrull, now unemployed, could have been fined up to $100,000 and/or jailed for up to five years on each corruption charge.