Two former and one current bank officer were fined a total of RM63,000 by the Sessions Court in Shah Alam on Tuesday (Nov 18) after pleading guilty to alternative charges of failing to report receiving bribes from a legal firm.
The accused, Koid Beng Seng, 34, Kong Tzu Mei, 39, and Rose Irnieda Mohamed, 45, entered their pleas before Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud after the charges were read to them separately.
00:00Two former and one current bank officer were fined a total of 63,000 ringgit by the Sessions Court in Shah Alam on Tuesday after pleading guilty to alternative charges of failing to report receiving bribes from a legal firm.
00:16Khoid Beng Seng, age 34, Kong Tsume, 39, and Rose Irnida Mohamed, 45, entered their pleas before Judge Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmood after the charges were read to them separately.
00:30Khoid faced seven charges, while Kong and Rose Irnida faced four and one charge, respectively.
00:36Khoid was accused of failing to report receiving bribes totaling 17,520 ringgit from a legal firm to the MACC, or the police.
00:47The bribes were purportedly an inducement to recommend the said legal firm for the provision of seven loan agreement documents valued at 3.8 million ringgit.
00:56Meanwhile, Kong, a team manager at a bank, was similarly charged with failing to report receiving bribes totaling 15,040 ringgit,
01:06allegedly given by a legal firm, as an inducement to recommend the said firm for the provision of 13 loan agreement documents valued at 4.9 million ringgit.
01:16As for Rose Irnida, she was charged with a single count of the same offence, involving a bribe of 2,183 ringgit,
01:25as an inducement for her to recommend a legal firm to prepare two loan agreement documents valued at 727,930 ringgit and 20 cent.
01:36All three individuals were charged under Section 25, subsection 1 of the MACC Act, 2009,
01:44which is punishable by imprisonment for up to 10 years and liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 ringgit, or both upon conviction.
01:53The court imposed a 31,000 ringgit fine on Khoid, with a default sentence of 2 years and 7 months imprisonment,
02:01a 28,000 ringgit fine on Kong, with a default of 2 years and 4 months,
02:06and a 4,000 ringgit fine on Rose Irnida, with a default of 4 months.
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