A 38-year-old Road Transport Department (JPJ) officer can spend his Hari Raya with his family after a Melaka court granted stay of execution on his one-year prison sentence and RM80,000 fine.
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00:0038-year-old Chefazli Izwan Chejohari can spend his Hari Raya with his family after the Iyer
00:08Kero Sessions Court granted stay of execution on his jail sentence on Tuesday.
00:14The court sentenced the Road Transport Department officer to one year in prison and an 80,000
00:20ringgit fine after finding him guilty of offering bribes as inducements for not taking enforcement
00:26action against lorry operators.
00:29The court said the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt at the end of the trial and
00:34failed to rebut the statutory presumption under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
00:40Act.
00:41The accused gave a total of 4,250 ringgit to other JPJ officers as an inducement not
00:49to take action against lorry operators who violated overloading regulations.
00:54All offences were committed at three different locations at the JPJ complex in Bukit Katil
01:00from January 2019 to December 2020.
01:04The stay of execution of the sentence which was requested by the defence team has been
01:09granted on the condition that the defence files a Notice of Appeal on the bail to be
01:14increased to 22,000 ringgit from 12,000 ringgit.
01:24For more information visit www.fema.gov.au