KOTA KINABALU – Six civil servants have been charged at the special corruption court here over the past two days (September 23-September 24), with four personnel from the Sabah branch of the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) being fined.
The AADK staff were charged for creating false travel claims with fake hotel receipts in 2017.
Mohd Hanip Juarip, 33; Panduan Paglin, 40, and Erwan Roslan, 41, were each fined a total of RM9,000 in default 18 months’ jail for six separate charges each.
Razilah Sahad, 39, was fined a total of RM12,000, in default of 24 months’ jail for eight charges on falsifying hotel receipt claims.
All four pleaded guilty before Judge Abu Bakar Manat for charges under Section 471 of the Penal Code for submitting forged receipts as genuine, which carries a maximum punishment of two years imprisonment or with fine or both upon conviction.
Yesterday, an assistant director of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Mohd Daffy Liamin, 37, pleaded not guilty on three counts of charges for submitting false travel claims amounting to RM9,000 in 2013.
He was accused of submitting three false claims for boat rentals to Labuan amounting RM1,000, RM4,000 and RM4,000, which is an offence under Section 18 of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
Daffy was released on bail of RM10,000, with RM4,000 deposited in one local surety, and to report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Seremban once every two months.
The court set November 12, this year for mention of the case.
In another case heard on the same day, a 31-year-old assistant engineer of the Irrigation and Drainage Department, Nurul Syazwanie Idris pleaded not guilty to receiving RM1,838 bribe to help a company to supply goods for a programme under the department in 2017.
Nurul’s charge falls under Section 16 (a)(A) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years imprisonment, and fine not less than five times the amount of bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty.
The case management was fixed for November 12, and Nurul was released on bail of RM6,000 with RM3,000 deposited in a local surety.
She was required to report to the MACC office once in two months, and her passport was compounded by the court.
Meanwhile, 40-year-old Sharif Uddin, was fined RM20,000 in default eight months’ jail term and a day of imprisonment for attempting to bribe police officers twice, with RM500 each.
The self-employed man pleaded guilty to both charges which happened in March and April last year when he gave money to the police officers, asking them not to take action against him for possessing contraband cigarettes of various brands.
Sharif’s charges fall under Section 17 (b) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 which carries the same punishment as Section 16 (a)(A) in Nurul’s case if found guilty. – The Vibes, September 24, 2021
