Jailed, fined for bribery bid

[Medüsa]

Sep 22, 2010
Jailed, fined for bribery bid

JOHOR BARU - A SINGAPOREAN was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM10,000 (S$4,291) for trying to bribe a traffic policeman with RM50. According to a report in The New Straits Times, bus driver Tay Soon Chuan, 42, pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court on Wednesday after the charge was read out to him in Mandarin.

Tay, who lives in the Hougang area in Singapore, committed the offence at Km18.3 of the Lima Kedai- Nusajaya Highway on May 30. He was caught speeding in his car during an operation by traffic cops. The operation was being monitored by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Tay offered RM50 to constable Muhammad Afizi Salleh for not issuing a summons despite the policeman advising him not to do so.

Tay, who was unrepresented, said he had to borrow from relatives to pay the fine. He appealed to judge Habibah Mohamed Yusof for leniency as he was the sole breadwinner of his family with two young children. MACC deputy public prosecutor Noorfazlin Hamdan said Tay's punishment should be a deterrent to the public.

[Medüsa]

Sep 23, 2010

Jail for attempted bribe
Singaporean caught speeding is latest dealt with for attempted graft



Tay Soon Chuan, 42, offered a cop RM50 (S$21) after he was stopped along the Lima Kedai-Nusajaya Highway in May. -- PHOTO: CHINA PRESS

JOHOR BARU - A SINGAPOREAN motorist who tried to bribe a Malaysian traffic policeman after being caught speeding has been jailed for a day and fined RM10,000 (S$4,300). Bus driver Tay Soon Chuan, 42, tried to bribe a constable with RM50 after he was stopped along the Lima Kedai-Nusajaya Highway on May 30. He is the latest Singapore motorist to be dealt with for trying to bribe Malaysian traffic policemen.

Last month, a Singaporean businessman who tried to pay a RM100 bribe was also jailed for a day and fined RM15,000. Ong Peoy Kuan, 61, was caught on May 30 - the same day as Tay - and also offered money to a policeman after being stopped near the Lima Kedai toll plaza. In May, at least eight Singaporeans were caught trying to bribe Malaysian traffic policemen.