When crime does pay Bernama PETALING JAYA: In Malaysia, compounding a traffic offence by not paying the fine on time has its rewards. One eventually gets a discount. Experts say such a policy leads motorists to throw caution to the wind and continue to commit traffic offences, such as speeding or beating the lights. “We are just sending out the wrong message,” criminologist Datuk Akhbar Satar told theSun. “In countries such as the United Kingdom and Singapore, those who pay the fine early are rewarded. But in Malaysia, it looks like the longer you wait, the more likely you are to get rewarded (with bigger discounts),” said Akhbar, who is president of the Malaysian Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.