Cop fined RM15,000, jailed 10 days for bribery

Cop fined RM15,000, jailed 10 days for bribery

Zakariah Kirinu was accused of soliciting a RM3,000 bribe from a man in order to drop the investigation into a case against the latter’s father.

The judge ordered the accused to serve his 10-day jail sentence starting from today. (Gambar Bloomberg)
KOTA KINABALU:
A policeman has pleaded guilty to soliciting a RM3,000 bribe from a man in exchange for dropping the investigation into a case involving the latter’s father.

Zakariah Kirinu, 40, an inspector with the Tawau police department, was fined RM15,000 and was also ordered to serve a 10-day prison sentence by Judge Abu Bakar Manat in the special sessions court for corruption in Tawau today.

Abu Bakar ordered that the sentence start today.

The accused was said to have asked for the money from a 29-year-old man while they were in a car that was parked in front of the Tawau court building on Apr 19, 2016.

It was for Zakariah to drop a case against the man’s father over the use of a samurai sword.

The accused was charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009, which is punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act.

Zakariah paid the RM15,000 fine. Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Izzati Sapifee appeared for MACC while the accused was unrepresented.

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