Ex-manager cleared of bribe charge
Company claimed he asked for unlawful $85,000 commission
Dubai: A former company manager has been acquitted of requesting $85,000 (Dh230,000) in unlawful commission during a period of one year from the parent company in Malaysia.
The Dubai Court of First Instance cleared the 49-year-old Indian suspect of requesting a bribe for uncorroborated evidence.
Prosecutors quoted the company's Canadian executive manager alleging that he discovered that 49-year-old, A.B. pocketed the commission after he tendered his resignation unexpectedly.
Presiding Judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jawad scrapped the civil lawsuit which the company lodged against A.B.
"I accepted A.B.'s sudden resignation provided that he cleared all his responsibilities … he settled some and failed to defray the company's entitlements in the local market. He claimed that two of his colleagues will settle those outstanding entitlements. Later, I discovered that the Malaysia-based parent company had transferred to A.B.'s bank account $85,000 in July 2007 and 2008," claimed the Canadian.
The executive manager alleged that he informed the company's owner, an Emirati shaikh. "The Malaysian company presented me copies of the money transfer receipts to the bank account of the suspect who worked for us 13 years," stated the Canadian.
The Emirati testified: "A.B. resigned and lodged a labour complaint against us … later we reported the police that he blackmailed the Malaysia-based company claiming that they would lose 70 per cent of their business if they didn't transfer him $85,000 in commission."
The primary verdict is still subject to appeal within 15 days.
