Sep 22, 2010
Jailed, fined for bribery bid
JOHOR BARU - A SINGAPOREAN was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM10,000 (S$4,291) for trying to bribe a traffic policeman with RM50. According to a report in The New Straits Times, bus driver Tay Soon Chuan, 42, pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court on Wednesday after the charge was read out to him in Mandarin.
Tay, who lives in the Hougang area in Singapore, committed the offence at Km18.3 of the Lima Kedai- Nusajaya Highway on May 30. He was caught speeding in his car during an operation by traffic cops. The operation was being monitored by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Tay offered RM50 to constable Muhammad Afizi Salleh for not issuing a summons despite the policeman advising him not to do so.
Tay, who was unrepresented, said he had to borrow from relatives to pay the fine. He appealed to judge Habibah Mohamed Yusof for leniency as he was the sole breadwinner of his family with two young children. MACC deputy public prosecutor Noorfazlin Hamdan said Tay's punishment should be a deterrent to the public.