Sessions court judge Kamarudin Kamsun ordered Beh Por Teik, 56, to serve the sentence today. Beh paid the fine.

He pleaded guilty to offering the bribe to Lance Corporal Adam Mohd Alhafiz as an inducement to not take any action against him.

The offence was committed at Jalan Kuching here at 11am on Sept 16 last year.

According to the facts of the case, Adam and a colleague were in a patrol car at Jalan Loke Yew and they were trailing a taxi which was being driven in a suspicious manner.

Upon inspection using the Mobile Card Acceptance Device, the taxi driver was found to have a criminal record with three previous cases and was wanted by the police.

When confronted, Beh shoved a RM50 note into Adam’s hand and asked to be allowed to go. He was then arrested and taken to the Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office for further action.

Prosecuting officer from MACC, Afiqah Ab Razak, prosecuted, while Beh was unrepresented.