Sunday, February 3, 2008

Bribery

as i was reading through local news online, i came across with this news:

Caught red-handed trying to bribe
KOTA KINABALU: Graft busters caught a woman red-handed as she tried to bribe an enforcement officer during a raid against a major pirated DVD supplier in the city.
Sabah Anti-Corruption Agency personnel, who conducted a joint operation with Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs enforcement team from Putrajaya, caught the woman as she allegedly offered RM8,000 to an officer to call off the raid.

Four other workers in three premises under the same operator were also arrested during a raid at an undisclosed shopping complex here at around 5.30pm on Friday. Sabah ACA director Latifa Md Yatim Abdullah said that the team also seized about 20,000 DVDs valued around RM215,530 as well as numerous suspected imitation game stations and other computer related items during the raid.

The woman is expected to face charges under Section 11B of the Anti-Corruption Act, as well as other charges under the Copyright Act and Trade Descriptions Act.

If found guilty of trying to bribe a government officer, a person is liable to a maximum of 14 years imprisonment and a fine of five times the amount offered as bribe.

When they successfully caught someone trying to bribe them, they published like its something so special, but im sure many still taking bribes out there. The worst thing i could say is the badge those officers have on their chest, "Saya Tidak Menerima Rasuah", its such as shame in my opinion.

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