A former private secretary to a former tourism minister has been sentenced to six years in jail and fined RM8.8mil by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court after he was found guilty of eight counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM1.77mil relating to a ministerial advertising tender in 2018.
Mohd Saifullah Mohd Minggu @ Mohd Hisham sobbed in the dock when the court convicted and sentenced him on Thursday (Nov 20).
00:00Former private secretary to a tourism minister, Mohammad Saifullah Mohammad Minggu alias Mohammad Hisham, was found guilty of bribery on Thursday.
00:09The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court sentenced the 34-year-old accused to six years in jail and slapped him with an RM8.8 million fine for eight counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM1.77 million relating to a ministerial advertising tender in 2018.
00:26The accused, who worked for former minister Datuk Muhammadin Qatabi, sobbed in the dock when the court convicted him and handed down the sentence.
00:34The court said the defense had failed to raise a reasonable doubt in the case, and with the sentence, it hoped that the accused would repent and not repeat his mistake in future.
00:44The court ordered the accused to serve another seven years in jail if he fails to pay the fine.
00:50The court allowed an application by the defense for a stay of execution, pending an appeal to the High Court.
00:56The accused will be out on bail at RM280,000.
01:00The offenses took place at several places, including a karaoke joint between December 2018 and March 2019,
01:08where he received money from an Interbev Network Sandirian Berhad owner to help obtain a tender for the company for a Tourism Malaysia campaign.
01:16Let's wait.
01:25We're there!
01:26From the beginning, the final report to the National Ministry of Affairs,
01:28the provisional campaign will beичеVitet.
01:29We're here, and we might be sure it is for the first time to come back to the campaign.
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