Former public officer fined RM40k for receiving gratification of RM25,500

A former civil servant was fined RM40,000 at the Ipoh Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to two counts of receiving gratification for himself totalling RM25,500 three years ago.

Judge S Indra Nehru also ordered Herman Ibrahim, 46, a former cultural officer at the Perak State Secretary’s Office to serve eight months’ jail for each count if he failed to pay the fine...