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Former court staff denies misappropriating RM10,000

Posted: 11 Apr 2014 11:21 AM PDT

by Amy Dangin. Posted on April 12, 2014, Saturday

KOTA KINABALU: A former court financial administration assistant claimed trial to misusing RM10,000 meant to settle a fine, at the Sessions Court here yesterday.

Abdul Malik Awang Abd Hamid, 35, pleaded not guilty to dishonest misappropriation of money before Judge Ishak Bakri.

Malik was accused of committing the offence on February 28, 2012, at 11.09am at the Kota Kinabalu Court payment counter, when he allegedly misused RM10,000 worth of money belonging to the government.

The money was a sum of fine collected from one Sunarni Naryo, who was convicted under Regulation 30 (1), Control of Drugs and Cosmetics Regulations 1984.

The offence is framed under Section 403 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of no less than six months and not more than five years, whipping, and fine upon conviction.

An alternative charge was also imposed on Malik, committed on the same date and time, for using the password of an assistant accountant, Jane Johona Saimon @ Jane Johana Simon to cancel the fine payment receipt on Sunarni's name, totalling RM10,000, with the intent to cheat and cause loss to the government of Malaysia.

He was charged under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997 and can be punished under Section 4 (3) of the same Act.

The charge carries a maximum fine of RM150,000, in default 10 years' jail, or both upon conviction.

During the hearing, Deputy Public Prosecutor Joyce Blasius asked for the accused to be imposed a bail amount of RM10,000 with one local surety.

However, defence counsel Ariel Dasan who was standing in for PJ Pereira, asked for a lenient bail amount as the RM10,000 proposed by the prosecution was found to be manifestly excessive on the grounds that the accused is married and has a five-year-old child.

He added that the accused had also given full cooperation to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) throughout the investigation of the case.

The prosecution rebutted that the amount proposed was reasonable considering the seriousness of the offence.

The court set May 12 for case management, and the accused was released on RM7,000 bail with one local surety for both charges.

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