A Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement assistant was fined RM13,000 by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Aug 15) after admitting to five counts of accepting RM1,200 in bribes to shield premises operating under "Ali Baba" licenses.
In a related case, two other DBKL enforcement assistants pleaded not guilty to similar charges in a separate Sessions Court.
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In a related case, two other DBKL enforcement assistants pleaded not guilty to similar charges in a separate Sessions Court.
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00:00A Kuala Lumpur City Hall enforcement assistant was fined 13,000 ringgit by the Sessions Court
00:07on Thursday after pleading guilty to five counts of accepting 1,200 ringgit in bribes
00:13to protect premises operating under Alibaba licences.
00:17Judge Azura Alwi imposed the fine on 42-year-old Shahrul Rizamat Yusuf with a default sentence
00:23of 21 months in jail for accepting the said money from an individual connected to his
00:29official duties.
00:31The offences took place at the Selayang Market between 5pm and midnight from December 2022
00:37to June 2023.
00:40Shahrul was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a penalty of up
00:45to two years in prison, a fine or both upon conviction.
00:50Deputy Public Prosecutor Irna Juliay Zamaras requested the court to impose a deterrent
00:56sentence, arguing that Shahrul's actions had tarnished both City Hall's image and
01:01his own reputation.
01:03In mitigation, Shahrul, who was unrepresented, told the court that he has a family to support
01:09and his wife suffers from a urinary tract infection.
01:13Meanwhile, two other DBKL enforcement assistants, 28-year-old Mohammad Shawal Riaz Khan Jawhar
01:20and 45-year-old Amran Matt Dali, pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court Judge Susannah
01:25Hussain to similar charges.
01:28Mohammad Shawal Riaz Khan faces 11 counts of receiving a total of 4,800 ringgit, while
01:34Amran is accused of accepting 100 ringgit from the same individual.
01:39The offences allegedly occurred at the same location between October 2022 and August 2023.
01:48Susannah set bail at 5,000 ringgit for Amran and 6,000 ringgit for Mohammad Shawal Riaz
01:54Khan, with one surety each.
01:57They were also ordered to surrender their passports and report to the Kuala Lumpur Malaysian
02:02Anti-Corruption Commission office once a month, pending the outcome of their cases.
02:08The court set Amran's case for mention on September 18, with Mohammad Shawal Riaz Khan's
02:13case set for the following day.
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