By Selina Lum

A MALAYSIAN businessman was jailed for six weeks by an appeal judge on Tuesday for trying to bribe a traffic cop.

Justice V. K. Rajah, who reversed an earlier decision by a lower court to impose a $15,000 fine, stressed that the courts should take a firm, no-nonsense approach towards such corruption attempts.

Any attempt to bribe a police officer will be met with a jail term, he said, adding that should the bribe be accepted, both parties can expect 'uncompromisingly stiff custodial sentences'.

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