A clerk and a system analyst working for the Pilgrims Fund Board (Tabung Haji), which facilitates the Hajj pilgrimage for Malaysian Muslims, wered dealth prison sentences by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday for accepting bribes.
Clerk Roslan Mohamed Som, 49, was found guilty accepting bribes in exchange for allowing 27 people to jumpe queue to perform the Hajj in 2010. He was sentenced to four years’ jail and fined RM40,000, in default 16 months’ jail.
The court also sentenced Tabung Haji Information Technology Department system analyst Afizul Md Yasin, 36, to three years in prison and a RM60,000 fine, in default eight months’ jail, after finding him guilty of hacking into the Tabung Haji databse to implement the queue changes.
The Sun Daily reports Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah had ordered Roslan and Afizul to serve the jail sentence immediately, but allowed a stay of sentence and fine pending their appeal to the High Court. Their bail was increased from RM20,000 to RM30,000.
On Feb 9 2012, Roslan claimed trial to a charge of accepting RM6,750 in bribe from one Samsudin Ibrahim to help 27 people who were not eligible to perform the Haj pilgrimage in 2010 to jump queue, hence enabling them to go for the pilgrimage that year.
The offence was committed at Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Baru here between 3.30pm and 4pm on July 15, 2010.
Afizul was charged with unauthorised computer modification under Section 5(1) of the Computer Crimes Act for adding 27 names to the Tabung Haji database between June and July 2010 at the Tabung Haji headquarters.
Lawyers Imam Abu Sa’id Nahrawi and Rusli Zain represented Roslan and Afizul, respectively, while prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Sophian Zakaria.
