Two former bank officers fined RM25,000 and RM6,000 for failing to report bribery transactions involving housing financing documents.
SHAH ALAM: Two former bank officers pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here to failing to report bribery transactions involving law firms and housing financing documents.
Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin fined Mohd Haikal Jamaludin, 41, RM25,000 or 30 months in jail, and Amira Nabiela Mohamad Jamaruddin, 28, RM6,000 or six months in jail.
Mohd Haikal faced five counts of receiving RM15,920 in bribes deposited into his bank account from a law firm representative.
The bribes were for recommending the law firm to prepare housing financing documents worth RM2.46 million at two Petaling Jaya bank branches between April 2021 and January 2022.
Amira Nabiela accepted a RM3,201 bribe deposited into her account for recommending another law firm to prepare RM924,387.20 worth of housing financing documents.
Her offence occurred at a Shah Alam bank branch on November 23, 2021.
Both were initially charged under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act for breaching Section 25(1) by not reporting bribery transactions.
During mitigation, unrepresented Mohd Haikal said he supports four children and cares for his mother who underwent stage four cancer surgery.
Amira Nabiela, also unrepresented, stated she is unemployed with monthly commitments including house, car, education loans and a one-year-old child.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Muhamad Taufik Awaludin and Nurul Izzati Sapifee requested proportionate sentences as lessons.
In a separate proceeding, bank officer Koh Wei Yeong, 37, pleaded not guilty to two counts of accepting RM1,800 from a law firm.
The bribe was for recommending the law firm to prepare RM300,000 housing financing documents at a Kelana Jaya bank branch on May 13, 2020.
He was charged under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 and offered an alternative charge for failing to report the bribery transaction.
The court granted him RM8,000 bail and ordered him to surrender his passport and report monthly to MACC.
Mention was set for December 16 with Deputy Public Prosecutor Selvam T. Armugom prosecuting and lawyer Paramjit Singh representing Koh. – Bernama
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