Ex-cop loses final appeal over RM16,000 bribe to close commercial crime case
PUTRAJAYA: A former police corporal lost his final appeal to set aside his conviction and three-year jail sentence for accepting a RM16,000 bribe to help close a commercial crime case.
A former police corporal, Azrol Khalil, lost his final appeal after being convicted and sentenced to three years in jail for accepting a RM16,000 bribe to help close a commercial crime case. The Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed Azrol's appeal and upheld the lower court's decision. The judge, Radzi Abdul Hamid, found evidence suggesting that Azrol's superior, SP11, may have been involved in requesting the bribe, but rejected Azrol's defense that he was merely collecting the money on behalf of SP11.
Azrol played a role in asking for the bribe, negotiating the amount, and meeting the complainant to receive the money. The court found this active involvement in the bribery act, despite no personal interest, unreasonable. Azrol was fined an additional RM80,000, with one year's jail if the fine was unpaid.
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