DOSH officer fined RM50,000 for accepting bribes

JOHOR BARU: A state Occupational Safety and Health Department (DOSH) senior officer was fined RM50,000 for accepting RM30,000 in bribes.

Ismail Busrah, 39, had pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here to receiving the money from a project manager of a petroleum engineering company.

Ismail was said to have asked for the money as an inducement for not taking action against the company for installing a grip hoist without the department’s approval.

Ismail, the deputy assistant director of Johor DOSH, pleaded guilty before judge Kamarudin Kamsun to committing the offence in Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Johor Baru at about 2.30pm on Oct 31, 2017.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission detained Ismail at a hotel in Johor Baru following a report.

Ismail was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code for the offence.

He was fined or given 14 months jail in default.

Source : TheStar