Kota Kinabalu: A 58-year-old man from Kedah was charged with using a fake document to obtain tender for supplying and delivering multiples toner to the State National Registration Department (SNRD).
Koh Mui Huck pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court Judge Abu Bakar Manat to the charge against him on Tuesday.
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Koh is accused of using the fake document, which was Lexmark East Malaysia Distributor dated June 6, 2017 as genuine, so that he can obtain the tender to supply toner Lexmark to SNRD.
He allegedly committed the offence at SNRC office, here on June 7, 2017.
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 468 of the same Code carries a jail term of up to seven years, and fine, on conviction.
The court set July 27 for case management and released Koh on a bail of RM10,000 with RM7,000 deposited with a local surety by his wife.
Koh was also ordered to report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here twice a month and not to tamper with the prosecution witnesses.
Earlier, Prosecuting Officer Mohd Faliq Basiruddin from MACC proposed bail of RM10,000 with several conditions.
However, counsel Chong Kian Ming who defended Koh asked for a lower bail saying that Koh had given full cooperation to the MACC during investigation.
Chong also informed the court that there was no possibility that Koh would be absconding as he has been in the State for 17 years and that his three children are still small.
