JOHOR BARU: A school dorm caretaker pleaded not responsible to 22 prices of submitting false claims and 4 prices of accepting bribes amounting to greater than RM600,000.
The accused, Hazalilah Ahmad, 41, made the plea after the fees have been learn to her in entrance of choose Datuk Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Ismail on the Johor Baru Sessions Court right here on Wednesday (June 22).
According to the cost sheet, the primary till the twenty second cost concerned the accused of creating a false declare for RM504,752 involving supplying cooked meals to Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail, Bandar Penawar, Kota Tinggi.
For the twenty third and twenty fourth prices, the accused accepted a RM69,743 bribe via her husband’s checking account as an inducement for her to approve meals provide work for a similar school.
As for the twenty fifth and twenty sixth prices, Hazalilah additionally accepted a bribe of RM61,600 via her husband’s checking account as an inducement for her to assist submit a declare for meals provide work to the school.
The offence for submitting false claims was carried out between October 2015 and December 2017, whereas the offence for accepting bribes was between April 2019 and January 2020.
The act is an offence below Section 468 of the Penal Code for forging a doc for the aim of dishonest, which offers for imprisonment for as much as seven years and a superb, if discovered responsible.
It can be investigated below Section 165 of the Penal Code for accepting bribes, which offers a jail time period of as much as two years or a superb or each; and Section 25 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 for failing to report an act of giving bribes, which carries a superb not exceeding RM100,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 10 years or each.
The case was prosecuted by MACC prosecuting officer Nik Lokman Hakim Nik Mohd Nor, whereas the accused was represented by Noor Nabilah Shamsudin.
During the prosecution, Nik Lokman requested bail of RM40,000 with one surety and an extra time period the place the accused should hand over her passport to the courtroom.
Noor Nabilah, in mitigation, requested a decrease bail and informed the courtroom that the accused is a mom of 4 with a month-to-month wage of RM1,300. Her husband can be self-employed, and each of them are additionally caring for their aged mother and father.
Judge Ahmad Kamal then set bail at RM30,000 with one surety and set extra situations for the accused to give up her passport to the courtroom.
The courtroom then set Aug 22 for the case’s subsequent point out.
Hazalilah posted bail.
