Sleepyman Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 Vietnamese plumber fined RM10,000 over RM75 bribe By FARIK ZOLKEPLI [email protected] JOHOR BARU: A 30-year-old Vietnamese man felt the full weight of the law when he was slapped with a RM10,000 fine and one week's imprisonment by a Sessions Court here for attempting to bribe a policeman with RM75. Plumber Vu Dinh Thuan was charged with offering the bribe to Konst Mohd Safwan Sallehhuddin at Jalan Leong Bee in Gelang Patah at 8.35am on Jan 24. The bribe was an inducement to not take action against him for not having a valid motorcycle licence. Vu Dinh pleaded guilty. When asked if he had anything to say before the court imposed sentence, Vu Dinh broke down and cried, and appealed for a lesser sentence as his wife just gave birth and he was the family's sole breadwinner. "This is also my first offence after working in this country for six years. I do not earn much and I have a family and an ailing father to support," he said. However, prosecuting officer Ridzuan Abd Malik asked the court to impose a sentence commensurate with the offence. Judge Salawati Djambari sentenced the accused to seven days' imprisonment and a fine of RM10,000, of which he could face a further 10 months in prison in default. The charge was classified under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which carries a sentence of not more than 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the amount of bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction. According to the facts of the case, Vu Dinh, who was riding a motorcycle, was stopped by Konst Mohd Safwan, who was attached to the Nusajaya district police mobile patrol squad. The policeman discovered the accused did not have a licence and was about to issue a summons when Vu Dinh took out RM75 as a bribe. Konst Mohd Safwan refused the bribe and warned the accused to keep the money as bribery was a major offence, but the accused persisted. He was detained on the spot. As of press time, the accused had not paid the fine ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtravagant Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 not so boleh now. . . [smash] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 so ... the bribe was too low? 75RM below market rate? Maybe the fella should have tried 100RM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericongy 3rd Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 tats some news man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zniper 2nd Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 full of craps... msia so far which TP or police nv take bribes one??? they see sg ppl rich tat's y only target sg ppl??? tis policeman muz be a new bird, it's juz a matter of time he turns corrupted... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KapitanE 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 at last,.... an honest konstable... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyojin 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 many black sheeps don't mean the entire police force is corrupt. mostly clean also doesn't mean there aren't corrupt cops around. never offer. ask how to "settle". ball is then in the cop's court, not yours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ichibawa 5th Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 Next to get caught and fine would probably be a Singaporean..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthkk Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 aiyo if they never ask don't offer usually they will ask whether want to settle here or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acieed 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 Bros, this is an unwritten rule since the colonial days. Never ask, don't offer. Bigger offence than your traffic offence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunge 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 heard that Malaysia Police new policy, is handing out cash rewards to Policeman who reject bribes. but not sure how much the reward, maybe 100RM, so nowadays more worth it for them to reject bribe n get the reward... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 full of craps... msia so far which TP or police nv take bribes one??? they see sg ppl rich tat's y only target sg ppl??? tis policeman muz be a new bird, it's juz a matter of time he turns corrupted... so u always give bribe lah....if that's the case...u & the TP no difference lah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swingarm 1st Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 HAHAHAHHAHAHA.... i tot it was a sgrean..... maybe nx time.... never bribe a cop....... they can take the bribe and also issue a summon.... hahahahahahahah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Supercharged February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 wah.. i thot the market rate is rm50.. now rm75 also not enough ah.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceraz Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 alamak , now tak boleh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan666 2nd Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 I always dun practice in giving them bribes.i rather take Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahseng 5th Gear February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 Maybe he hiam 75 too low.. [laugh] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davinci Clutched February 11, 2010 Share February 11, 2010 wah.. i thot the market rate is rm50.. now rm75 also not enough ah.. U thot, U thot. RM50 is for speeding, this fellow got no license. What do you think? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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