Policeman gets 54 months' jail for graft

PUTRAJAYA: A police lance corporal was sentenced to 54 months' jail after being found guilty of 13 counts of corruption involving RM32,500 by the Miri Sessions Court yesterday.
A press statement from the Anti-Corruption Agency said judge Azhari Kamal Ramli also slapped a RM20,000 fine on Robert Tira Erai.

According to the facts of the case, Robert, 40, had corruptly accepted the money, paid through his personal accounts with Bank Bumiputra Berhad and Bank Simpanan Nasional between July 19, 1997 and Feb 5, 1998, as an inducement not to take action against two men involved in vice activities.

Azhari Kamal granted a stay of execution pending appeal. Robert, however, was required to settle the fine.