Ex-govt dept director jailed and fined for accepting bribes

SHAH ALAM: A former government department director has been sentenced to 26 months’ jail and fined RM133,326.40 for being involved in graft.

Former Kuala Lumpur Drainage and Irrigation Department director Datuk Abu Bakar Mohd Yusof was found guilty of accepting bribes in the form of hotel accommodation and RM20,000 cash from a company proprietor between 2014 and 2015.

Sessions Court judge Rozilah Salleh also sentenced the department’s former draughtsman, Mohd Nasir Mohd Isa, to 42 months’ jail and fined him RM222,500 for accepting bribes in the form of hotel accommodation and RM40,500 cash from the same proprietor.

Rozilah ordered Abu Bakar, 63, to be given another 26 months’ jail and Mohd Nasir, 47, another 42 months if they failed to pay the fines.

Abu Bakar was charged with receiving a bribe in the form of accommodation worth RM2,097.28 at a hotel in Sepang, Selangor and another worth RM4,568 at a hotel in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, besides the RM20,000 cash together with Mohd Nasir.

Mohd Nasir was charged with receiving bribes in the form of hotel accommodation worth RM2,674.80 at the two hotels, RM10,500 and RM10,000 in cash, as well as the RM20,000 together with Abu Bakar.

All the bribes received from Warna Generasi Sdn Bhd owner Mazlan Jamaluddin were inducements to appoint the company to carry out contract works at the Batu Dam area and for the company to retain those works.

The two men were charged with committing the offences at several locations in the Klang Valley and Port Dickson between Nov 29, 2014 and June 14, 2015. — Bernama