A FORMER executive of an oil and gas company was today fined RM7,000 or two months’ jail by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for failing to report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on being offered a RM4,000 bribe.

Judge Suzana Hussin meted out the sentence on Nor Azleela Ali, 43, after the woman pleaded guilty to two alternative charges. The court imposed a fine of RM3,500 or a month in jail for each charge. 

Suzana also advised the accused to repent over her action and think before taking any action.

According to the two charges, Nor Azleela, who was a senior buyer at Sapura Energy Berhad, was charged with receiving RM4,000 from Ismail Pang Ah Wong @ Mohd Khalid, who is IMK Marine Services Sdn Bhd director through her CIMB savings account.

The money to the accused was as gratification to leak the tender price of other companies for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of the Pegaga development project from Sapura Energy, which infringed section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 for the failure to report the offence of being offered a bribe to MACC or the police.

The offence was committed at CIMB Bank Solaris Mount Kiara branch in Jalan Solaris, Kuala Lumpur on May 23 and October 6 last year. The offence, under section 25(1) of MACC Act 2009, provides for a maximum fine of RM100,000 or a jail term of 10 years, or both.

Based on the facts of the case, Nor Azleela, who was responsible for the paint supply tender for the EPCIC project, was contacted by a man and she had asked for a token of appreciation as she had leaked information on the tender prices of other competing companies.

Investigations found that the accused failed to report the bribe offer amounting to RM4,000, which was deposited in her savings account as gratification to leak the tender prices of other companies for the project. – Bernama, August 19, 2021.