Prolintas COO fined RM100,000 for not reporting RM90,000 bribe linked to SUKE project

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ProLintas chief operating officer Rostam Shahrif Tami was fined was fined RM100,000 on Wed (June 25) by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for failing to report a bribe he received two years ago in connection with the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) project.  Judge Rosli Ahmad imposed the maximum fine on Rostam Shahrif, 59, after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge.  Read more at http:// rb.gy/i0sbym   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Prolintas Chief Operating Officer Rostam Sharif Tami was fined 100,000 ringgit by the Kuala Lumpur

00:09Sessions Court on Wednesday for failing to report a bribe he received two years ago in connection

00:14with the Sungai Besiulu-Kelang elevated expressway project. Judge Rosli Ahmad imposed the fine on

00:2259-year-old Rostam Sharif after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge. The court also ordered

00:29funds seized from the accused, including RM114,000 in bonds, RM658,750 in cash, RM180,000 from a tabung

00:42haji account, and foreign currency be forfeited to the government. Rostam Sharif was charged with

00:49failing to report a RM90,000 bribe received from Syarikat Satunas Technologies, Sendirian Berhad,

00:55through Mohamed Rosman, alias as an inducement in his capacity as the superintending officer's

01:01representative for the expressway privatisation project, to award the company a contract titled

01:08To Construct End Cap Stressing and Shear Block. The offence was committed at a restaurant in

01:13Bandar Kinrara, Puchong in February 2023. Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Noor Diana Noor Azwa urged the

01:23court to impose the maximum fine on Rostam Sharif, citing the seriousness of the offence and the

01:29amount involved. In mitigating for leniency, Rostam Sharif's lawyer Tan Sri Zulkifli Ahmad requested

01:36the court to impose a fine and not a jail term, saying his client suffered from high blood pressure

01:42and had no previous criminal record. According to the facts of the case, Rostam Sharif had used and

01:49disposed of the money for personal purposes, including the purchase of seven luxury watches

01:54and two vehicles registered under the names of his two children.

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