{"id":12403,"date":"2021-12-05T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lada.gov.my\/faq-items\/what-are-the-offences-of-soliciting-receiving-gratification-bribe-section-16-17a-macc-act-2009\/"},"modified":"2021-12-05T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T04:20:12","slug":"what-are-the-offences-of-soliciting-receiving-gratification-bribe-section-16-17a-macc-act-2009","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/faq-items\/what-are-the-offences-of-soliciting-receiving-gratification-bribe-section-16-17a-macc-act-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Offences of Soliciting\/Receiving Gratification (Bribe)?  [Section 16 &#038; 17(a) MACC Act 2009]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Any individual or agent corruptly soliciting or accepting any gratification as an inducement or a reward for doing or forbearing to do any act in relation to his principal\u2019s affairs or business.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Example<\/span>: A public officer has been accused of soliciting and accepting gratification from a contractor of development project on a land spanning approximately 10 acres that is owned by the government. In return, he promised to approve and ensure a smooth running of the project.<\/p>\n<p>The bribe received from the contractor was presented in the forms of RM30,000 in-cash, RM30,000 in-cheque (cash cheque), and a Mizuno golf set worth RM2,500.00. The courts handed down a sentence of four (4) year-imprisonment and a fine of RM1.925 million.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[122],"class_list":["post-12403","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-integrity-unit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/12403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/12403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lada.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=12403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}