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Local Man Sentenced For Corruption Act
January 18th, 2017 | 09:11 AM | 2890 views
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
The Bandar Seri Begawan High Court yesterday sentenced a 49 year-old local man, Mohd Azam Zaki bin Hj Mohd Zain to 4 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to five charges under the Chapter 131 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The defendant was former Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) personnel who held the position of Senior Technical Assistant at the East Operation Department.
Investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, revealed that Mohd Azam Zaki bin Hj Mohd Zain had received gratification monies amounting to a total of $110,100 between November 2007 to September 2008 from Thomas Ling Wei Ren, a Salesman in Musfada Enterprise, a contract vendor under Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd.
The sum was a reward for creating work orders for the purchase of products which the orders were part of a contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum; however the items were not delivered to BSP.
The defendant purchased a Toyota Land Cruiser 4WD and a Toyota Corona between November 2008 and March 2009 as a result of the gratifications paid to him by Musfada. The Prosecution highlighted that the loss incurred by BSP for the five charges amounted to $712,700 while the total amount of gratifications received by the defendant totalled up to $110,100.
The High Court Judge sentenced the defendant, to 4 years imprisonment for each charge, which began yesterday. The Court also ordered for the defendant to pay a penalty of $88,200 within 6 months from yesterday and in default of payment, to serve 6 months of imprisonment concurrently. The defendant is also to pay prosecution costs of $75,000 within 6 months from yesterday and in default of payment, to serve an additional default imprisonment of 6 months.
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