Jenayah Rasuah di Bawah Undang-Undang Sivil dan Syariah: Satu Kajian Perbandingan di Negara Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

Corruption is a society and religion-related issue and it is undeniably practiced in our society. Hence, it is crucial for our society to change our behaviour and inculcate good values in ourselves so as to fight corrupt practices. This is the issue that the researcher would like to discuss in this research. Its main objective is to study the characteristics of corruption and its causes, while the second objective is to identify the best way to prevent corruption. In order to achieve these objectives, the researcher had utilized qualitative approach where she used documentations as the primary source, and conducted some interviews for the secondary source. This research is also carried out to analyze the laws contained in the Prevention of Corruption Act (Chapter 131) as well as to compare the execution of its punishment according to the Civil and Shari’ah laws. In the final outcome, the researcher discovered some differences in terms of the definition of corruption, the witness’ testimony, the offender’s confession, and also its adjudications during emergency cases. This research also found that there are a few similar elements in the punishment of corruption under the Civil and Shari’ah laws.