A Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College (KLMU) former lecturer was sentenced to six months’ jail and fined RM20,000 by the Sessions Court yesterday after pleading guilty to two corruption charges involving the award of a diploma to his student last year.

For the first charge, Elmy Shadzli Wahi, 41, was sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM10,000 or another four months’ jail by Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain for corruptly accepting RM1,500 from Izam Mustaffa via cash deposit into his account, as inducement to award the latter a Hotel Management Diploma from Nilai University College.

He committed the offence at Maybank Berhad, Taman Molek branch in Johor Baru at 1.45pm on March 22, 2012.    

For the second charge, he was sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM10,000 or another four months' jail for corruptly accepting RM1,500 cash from Izam for the same purpose at the Sarimas Café in Wisma Sime Darby, Jalan Raja Laut in Kuala Lumpur at 1.15pm on April 3, 2012.

On Jan 3, 2013, Elmy Shadzli pleaded guilty to a related corruption charge and is currently serving a two-month sentence imposed by Sessions Court Judge Rozilah Salleh, who also fined him RM10,000.

Ahmad Zamzani also ordered Elmy’s jail terms to run consecutively, upon completion of the two months and also ordered him to pay a RM1,500 penalty.

DPP Wan Ahmad Nidzam Wan Omar from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission prosecuted while Counsel SI Rajah represented Elmy.

- Bernama