Ex-police station chief fined RM20,000 over 40 graft charges

Ex-police station chief fined RM20,000 over 40 graft charges

Anuar Yaakob pleads guilty to 40 of 98 charges of receiving bribes ranging from RM150 to RM1,000 three years ago.

Mahkamah Majistret Kuantan
The Kuantan sessions court took into consideration the remaining 58 charges when it sentenced Anuar Yaakob for bribery. (Facebook pic)
PETALING JAYA:
A former police station chief in Cherating was fined RM20,000 by the Kuantan sessions court in Pahang today after pleading guilty to 40 out of 98 charges of receiving bribes three years ago.

Judge Sazlina Safie imposed a fine of RM500 on each charge against Anuar Yaakob, 56, with a one‑month jail term in default of payment, for each charge.

Anuar settled the total fine of RM20,000.

According to the charge sheet, Anuar was then serving as a sergeant and later sergeant-major at the Pahang police headquarters and Cherating police station, respectively.

He was charged with receiving between RM150 and RM1,000 from several individuals through bank transfers into his account between January 2021 and September 2022.

He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code with bribery, which carries a maximum sentence of two years’ imprisonment, a fine or both, upon conviction.

Malaysian Anti‑Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutor Ezuain Farhana Ahmad appeared for the prosecution, while Anuar was represented by Baharuddin Ahmad Kassim.

The remaining 58 charges were taken into consideration by the court under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code, as part of a plea bargain submitted by the defence.

Previously, Anuar was brought before the Kuantan sessions court on Aug 24, 2023, to face 98 charges of receiving bribes amounting to RM31,400.

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