Singaporean factory director fined RM10k, jailed two weeks for bribing Immigration officer


Yong (centre) being escorted by MACC officers at the Sessions Court in Johor Baru on Wednesday.

JOHOR BARU: A 43-year-old Singaporean factory director has been slapped with a RM10,000 fine and two weeks’ jail sentence at the Sessions Court here after he admitted to bribing an Immigration officer.

Yong Boon Tao pleaded guilty to an alternative charge under Section 214 of the Penal Code after charges were read in Mandarin by a court translator before judge Kamarudin Kamsun on Wednesday (Oct 28).

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