Kota Kinabalu: A 51-year-old man was ordered to pay a RM24,000 fine for using three fake bank statements to obtain tender to supply cooked food worth RM1.4million, for a school in Kuala Penyu.Sessions Court Judge Abu Bakar Manat meted out the sentence against Afian Mohd Nasir @ Nasir who pleaded guilty to the three charges against him, Monday.
Afian was ordered to pay a fine of RM8,000 or four months’ jail for each charge.
On the first to third counts, Afian had used the three bank statements dated July 31, Aug 31 and Sept 30 in 2016 under the name Azreen Enterprise for the purpose of obtaining the tender to supply cooked food for SMK Pekan Kuala Penyu.
The contract for the tender was from March 1, 2017 until Feb 28, 2019.
The offence took place at the State Education Department, here, on Nov 24, 2016.
Afian had committed the offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of up to two years or fine, or both, on conviction.
During mitigation, counsel Farazwin Haxdy, who defended Afian, asked for no custodial sentence and only fine to be imposed on her client.
Farazwin further submitted that her client was a first-time offender and remorseful of his wrongdoing.
However, Prosecuting Officer Clementine Severinus of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission urged the court to hand down an appropriate sentence on the grounds that Afian had obtained the RM1.4million tender by using false documents.
