A senior quantity surveyor from Universiti Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) was fined RM12,500 by the Sessions Court, here, after pleading guilty to five counts of receiving bribes in exchange for expediting a company’s interim payment claims, in 2019 and 2020.
Judge Mohd Azhar Othman imposed the fine on 52-year-old Malike Mohamed after he admitted all five charges. The court also ordered Malike to serve two months in prison for each charge if he fails to pay the fine.
Senior Quantity Surveyor Now Fined RM12,500 for Bribes
According to the charges, the father of three was accused of accepting RM6,500 from Azman Yusof, the owner of AMZ Sepakat Sdn Bhd, to facilitate the company’s interim payment claims to UniSZA, at Bank Islam, between June 2019 and January 2020.
Malike was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison, a fine, or both. In February, Malike initially pleaded not guilty to eight counts of accepting bribes, totalling RM14,500, from Azman, who is also his friend.
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