SHAH ALAM: A sand-mining operator was sentenced by a Sessions Court here to a day’s jail and fined RM30,000 for giving a RM5,000 bribe to an assistant enforcement officer six months ago.
Lee Kui Sun, 47, was charged on May 8 with bribing Nor Zaini Ratiman, of the Hulu Langat district office, as an inducement not to take action against him for transferring and selling sand illegally.
He was accused of committing the offence at Sungai Long quarry in PN8602 Lot 7700 Hulu Langat about 7.30am on April 3.
He was charged under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.
During mitigation, Lee’s counsel Lim Kien Huat said his client, a father of seven, was only a subcontractor as well as being the sole breadwinner for his family.
According to the facts of the case, the MACC Putrajaya, Hulu Langat Land Office and Rela were in a joint operation to check the Sungai Long quarry about 4am on April 3.
During the operation, the enforcement team caught lorries carrying sand out of the area without permit.
About 7am, Lee had approached Nor Zaini and another enforcement officer Mohd Shahril Che Saad, admitted that the sand activities had been carried out without a permit and begged them to settle the matter there.
He then offered RM5,000 to Nor Zaini so that no action would be taken against him.
Lee insisted on giving the money although he was told it was wrong for him to do so, calling his wife to get the money.
The MACC enforcement officer arrested Lee after he handed the money to Nor Zaini.
Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah ordered Lee to be jailed six months if he failed to pay the fine.
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