A former Hulu Perak forestry department officer was fined RM70,000 in default seven months' jail by the Sessions Court in Ipoh today after he pleaded guilty of accepting RM100,000 bribe from a timber contractor three years ago.Judge Rihaida Rafie also ordered the RM768,970 found during a raid on Amir Sharifuddin Aliman's house along with the money totalling about RM3 million in 12 accounts belonging to his wife and their four children to be returned to the government.The judge made the decision after Amir changed his plea to guilty when the case was brought up for mention today.Amir, 61, admitted to have accepted the bribe from Ismail Abdul Manas in front of eatery Kafe Bawang Merah in Gerik on January 3, 2012, in his capacity as a public officer.On February 1, 2013, he claimed trial to 12 counts of accepting bribe of RM390,000 from two timber contractors between April 2010 and January 2012.On September 26, Amir was also charged with failing to hand over a sworn declaration to explain his extraordinary wealth. With his guilty plea, the prosecution withdrew the remaining 13 charges against him.In mitigation, Amir's counsel, Saw Hoe Teck, asked the court to reduce the fine on grounds that his client was suffering from bipolar affective disorder and was still under treatment."My client and his wife are not working. The money in their accounts has been stripped out. Please consider a lower fine," he said. – Bernama, February 25, 2015.
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