‘Tonto’ pleads not guilty to 55 bribery charges totalling RM62,900 involving traffic police

At the Sessions Court in Shah Alam, Ang Lie Giap, 33, pleaded not guilty to 55 charges of bribing traffic police officers with RM62,900, and R Yuvarajakumar, 42, a logistics manager, faced 16 charges of bribing a JPJ enforcement assistant with RM4,200.

Both were charged under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and granted bail, with Ang's set at RM15,000 and Yuvarajakumar's at RM5,000.

The court imposed conditions including reporting to the MACC monthly and ordered Yuvarajakumar to surrender his passport.

The next court mention is scheduled for December 3.

SHAH ALAM, Oct 8 — A ‘tonto’ (lookout) pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to 55 charges of giving RM62,900 in bribes to three traffic police officers between January 2022 and February 2026.

Ang Lie Giap, 33, entered the plea after all the charges were read out before Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin.

According to the charges, the man was alleged to have corruptly given money to three traffic police officers from the Petaling Jaya District Police Headquarters, Negeri Sembilan Contingent Police Headquarters and the Kesas Expressway EMPV Patrol Office, as an inducement for them not to inspect lorries during roadblocks.

The bribes were allegedly given in several transactions at several bank branches in Klang and Setia Alam, involving amounts ranging from RM700 to RM2,000.

In a separate case, a logistics manager of a company, R Yuvarajakumar, 42, also pleaded not guilty at the same court to 16 charges of giving RM4,200 in bribes to a Road Transport Department (JPJ) enforcement assistant between May 2023 and October 2024.

According to the charges, the father of two was alleged to have corruptly given money to an enforcement assistant at JPJ Wangsa Maju through several transactions into several bank accounts belonging to a woman at a bank branch in Sungai Buloh, as an inducement for the officer not to inspect lorries.

All the offences were allegedly committed under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 (Act 694) and are punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, which provides for imprisonment for up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

The prosecution in both cases was conducted by Deputy Public Prosecutor Asmaa’ Zamri.

Earlier, Asmaa’ offered bail of RM15,000 for Ang and RM10,000 for Yuvarajakumar, with one surety each, together with additional conditions that the accused report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office once a month, surrender their passports and not interfere with prosecution witnesses.

However, lawyer K Theivaendran, representing Ang, applied for the bail to be reduced to RM10,000 and for his passport not to be surrendered to the court, as his client needed to travel abroad frequently for religious matters. He also informed the court that the accused’s wife was pregnant and expected to deliver their first child today.

“The accused is not a flight risk and works helping to manage his father’s chicken farm business, earning between RM3,000 and RM3,500 a month,” said the lawyer, who appeared together with lawyers Varghese Onny, Tee Yuan Sheng and Tee Kar Weng (PDK).

Lawyer Datuk Dr Aswandi Mohamed Hashim, representing Yuvarajakumar, meanwhile applied for the bail to be reduced to RM5,000, saying it was his client’s first offence and that he needed to support his mother, who suffers from asthma.

The court subsequently allowed Ang and Yuvarajakumar to be released on bail of RM15,000 and RM5,000 respectively, with one surety each, and ordered them to report to the MACC office once a month and not interfere with witnesses. Yuvarajakumar was also required to surrender his passport.

The court set Dec 3 for mention. — Bernama

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在莎阿南地方法庭，33岁的Ang Lie Giap对55项贿赂交警的指控拒不不认罪，涉案金额达62900令吉；42岁的物流经理R Yuvarajakumar面临16项贿赂陆路交通局执法助理的指控，涉案金额为4200令吉。

两人均被控违反 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令第 17(b) 条，并获得保释，Ang 的保释金为 15,000 令吉，Yuvarajakumar 的保释金为 5,000 令吉。

法院施加了包括每月向反贪污委员会报到在内的条件，并命令尤瓦拉贾库马尔交出护照。

下次庭审定于12月3日举行。

莎阿南，10月8日讯——一名“放哨员”（tonto）今日在莎阿南地方法庭否认了55项指控，这些指控称他在2022年1月至2026年2月期间向三名交警行贿62900令吉。

33岁的Ang Lie Giap在法官Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin面前被宣读了所有指控后，表示认罪。

根据指控，该男子涉嫌向八打灵再也警区总部、森美兰州特遣警察总部和 Kesas 高速公路 EMPV 巡逻办公室的三名交警行贿，以诱使他们在路障检查期间不检查货车。

据称，这些贿赂是在巴生和实达阿南的几家银行分行分多次进行的，涉及金额从 700 令吉到 2000 令吉不等。

在另一起案件中，一家公司的物流经理 R Yuvarajakumar（42 岁）也在同一法庭上对 16 项指控表示不认罪，这些指控称他在 2023 年 5 月至 2024 年 10 月期间向陆路交通局 (JPJ) 的一名执法助理行贿 4200 令吉。

根据指控，这位有两个孩子的父亲被控通过多次转账向一名在双溪毛糯银行分行的女子名下的多个银行账户，向旺沙玛珠陆路交通局的一名执法助理行贿，以诱使该官员不检查货车。

据称，所有罪行均违反了 2009 年马来西亚反贪污委员会法令（第 694 号法令）第 17(b) 条，并根据该法令第 24(1) 条予以处罚，该条规定，一经定罪，可判处最高 20 年监禁，并处以不少于贿赂金额或价值五倍或 10,000 令吉的罚款，以较高者为准。

这两起案件的起诉均由副检察官阿斯玛·扎姆里 (Asmaa' Zamri) 负责。

此前，阿斯玛为昂提供 15,000 令吉的保释金，为尤瓦拉贾库玛提供 10,000 令吉的保释金，每人需一名担保人，并附加条件，即被告每月向马来西亚反贪污委员会 (MACC) 办公室报到一次，上交护照，不得干扰控方证人。

然而，被告Ang的律师K Theivaendran申请将保释金降至1万令吉，并要求被告无需将护照交予法庭，因为他的当事人因宗教事务需要经常出国。他还告知法庭，被告的妻子已怀孕，预产期在今天。

“被告没有潜逃风险，他在父亲的养鸡场帮忙打理生意，每月收入在 3000 至 3500 令吉之间，”律师说道。他与 Varghese Onny、Tee Yuan Sheng 和 Tee Kar Weng (PDK) 三位律师一同出庭。

与此同时，代表尤瓦拉贾库马尔的律师拿督阿斯万迪·穆罕默德·哈希姆博士申请将保释金减少至5000令吉，称这是他的当事人第一次犯罪，而且他需要赡养患有哮喘的母亲。

法庭随后准许Ang和Yuvarajakumar分别以15,000令吉和5,000令吉的保释金获释，每人需一名担保人，并责令他们每月向反贪污委员会办公室报到一次，且不得干扰证人。Yuvarajakumar还被要求上交护照。

法院将案件再次提审日期定于12月3日。——马新社

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