Traffic court prosecutor fined RM5,000 for graft
THE STAR
IPOH: A traffic court police prosecutor was slapped with a RM5,000 fine in default six months jail after pleading guilty to an alternative charge for corruption.
Insp Amrin Paiman, 54, pleaded guilty before judge S. Indra Neheru at the Sessions Court here yesterday. He paid the fine.
According to the facts of the case, Insp Amrin had met and asked a Khor Kwong Yik in April 2012 for RM12,000 as an inducement not to charge him with a traffic offence committed in 2008.
Khor had then asked Insp Amrin to reduce the amount to RM9,000. He and his wife had then later pleaded again to reduce it to RM1,500.
After the payment was wired into his bank account via an online transaction, Insp Amrin did not contact Khor and charged him.
A report was made to the MACC on Jan 1, 2014, pursuance to the matter whereby Insp Amrin was found to have committed an offence under Section 16 (a)(B) and Section 17 (a) of the MACC Act.
On behalf of Insp Amrin’s mitigation, lawyer Muhammad Fadhli Mat Sut Ris said his client, who has two wives, was the sole breadwinner.
Pushing for a heavier penalty, deputy public prosecutor Mahadi Abdul Jumaat said Insp Amrin was a public servant and one who was familiar with the law.
He said it was a serious offence and a form of “white-collar crime” that was on the rise.
Following her judgment, Indra Neheru also acquitted and released Insp Amrin of two other similar corruption charges, following a request from the MACC after he pleaded guilty to the alternative charge.
Insp Amrin was charged with two counts of corruption on Tuesday for allegedly asking and accepting bribes as an inducement not to take actions against a traffic offender in 2013.
