Conditional warning for ex-manager at Mendaki accused of trying to obtain laptop as bribe
Mr Zulkifli was working for Mendaki when he purportedly committed the offence over three occasions between April 18 and May 8, 2023.
SINGAPORE - A former digital information technology manager at Yayasan Mendaki
accused of trying to obtain a bribe has been given a two-year conditional warning.
Such a warning issued by the authorities comes with certain conditions for a specified period.
Mr Zulkifli Kader, 51, had been accused of attempting to obtain a bribe in the form of a laptop worth more than $1,000 from an employee of a firm called A-Speed as a reward for accepting the company's tender for work linked to the Malay/Muslim self-help group.
The Malaysian was given the warning and granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on July 30, meaning he can still be prosecuted for the offence if relevant information or evidence were to emerge later.
Without revealing details behind the move, the Attorney-General's Chambers told The Straits Times on Aug 5: 'After carefully considering the facts and circumstances of the matter, the prosecution directed that a 24-month conditional warning be administered to the accused in lieu of prosecution.'
The prosecution also applied for the discharge and District Judge Kelly Ho granted it during a pre-trial conference.
Mr Zulkifli was working for Mendaki when he purportedly committed the offence over three occasions between April 18 and May 8, 2023.
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