Businessman cries after being fined RM20,000 for bribing TNB engineer


SHAH ALAM: A 41-year-old businessman broke down in tears after being fined RM20,000 in default 20 months jail by the High Court here on Thursday (Oct 26) for five counts of bribing a Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) engineer to refrain from cutting off electricity supply at his premises between 2019 and 2021.

Judge Datuk Anita Harun fined Ng Yin Wui, RM4,000 or four months prison in default for each count after he pleaded guilty to all the charges.

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