Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi read out the charges – “That you, on March 2011, at a location near The Gardens Hotel, Syed Putra Circle, Mid Valley City, in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, during your tenure as chief minister of Penang, have solicited a bribe, namely a reward in the form of 10 percent of the profits that will be obtained later from Zarul Ahmad Bin Mohd Zulkifli, as a fee to help the company owned by Zarul Ahmad to be appointed to carry out construction of the main roads and tunnels in the Penang undersea tunnel project.”
Therefore you have committed an offence under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009 which is punishable under Section 24 (1) of the same Act. Any person who commits an offence under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009 may upon conviction be subject to – a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 20 years and b) fined not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe which is the subject of the offence if the bribe can be assessed in the form of money or RM10,000 as the case may be.” – said the judge.
Yes, Lim was charged for soliciting a bribe, whatever that means. Amusingly, no money has changed hands. As the judge mentioned, the bribe is to be obtained later from a company owned by Zarul Ahmad. So, it’s a “future tense” – not yet happen. This is perhaps the first corruption case in the country involving something that needs a “time travel machine” to prove.
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IN THE FUTURE, MOO WILL BE CHARGE FOR BRIBERY.
IN THE FUTURE, NAJIB WILL BE THE KING.
IN THE FUTURE, ART HARUN WILL BE THE PRIME MINISTER.
IN THE FUTURE, THE FINANCE MINISTER WILL BE HOMELESS.
I AM BEGINNING TO LIKE THE "IN THE FUTURE" WORLD OF STUPIDITY.
SPRM, AG AND JUDGES ARE IN THE FUTURE DIMENSION.
LOST IN SPACE FOR GOD KNOWS WHEN.
TODAY ONE NEED NO CASE TO CHARGE, AS LONG AS THERE IS HEARSAY.