Ex-ministry sec-gen and son jailed and fined for bribery

Facing the music: Mohd Arif and Ahmad Zukhairi (right) being escorted by a police officer to the Sessions Court in Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Rural and Regional Development Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Arif Ab Rahman and his son have been sentenced to a total of eight years in jail and fined RM12.6mil for bribery.

His 36-year-old son Ahmad Zukhairi was found guilty of four counts of soliciting and accepting bribes, while Mohd Arif was convicted of abetting his son in accepting a SG$200,000 (RM627,833) bribe.