Accounts clerk charged with bribery
02/05/2007 The Star

PENANG: A clerk with a developer's firm was charged in a Sessions Court here with offering a man RM2,000 in bribe to withdraw his application to buy a shop unit.

Yong Yen Ling, 40, claimed trial to corruptly offering Mohd Sarif Abu Bakar the money as an inducement for him to withdraw his application to buy a shop unit at Jelutong Park.

She is alleged to have committed the offence in her capacity as an accounts and administration clerk with Multiway Development and Corporation Sdn Bhd at a Mutiara Idaman apartment in Jelutong here at 8pm on Jan 11.

She is liable to a jail term of up to 20 years and fine not less than RM10,000 if convicted.

Judge Zainal L. Saleh set bail at RM5,000 and fixed June 29 for mention. He also ordered Yong to surrender her travel documents.