High Court upholds former RTD officer's jail sentence, RM80,000 fine for bribery
MELAKA: The High Court here today upheld the conviction and sentence of a former Road Transport Department officer who was jailed for a year and fined RM80,000 for bribing colleagues to protect overloaded lorry operators.
The High Court in Melaka has upheld the one-year jail sentence and RM80,000 fine against Che Fadzlie Izwan Che Johari, a former Road Transport Department officer. The judge dismissed his appeal, finding that the trial judge had properly considered sentencing principles. Che Fadzlie was convicted for bribing colleagues to protect overloaded lorry operators, a crime committed on eight occasions between 2019 and 2020. He was also ordered to surrender his passport to the court and report monthly to the Melaka MACC office.
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