Kota Kinabalu: Three men were fined RM150,000 each for using fake documents to claim the transportation cost for a community project amounting to RM882,560 and also abetting in committing the offences.
Junaidi Juling, 35, Mohd Rahmad Ambotou, 33, and Sainal Tamin, 47, pleaded guilty separately before Sessions Court Judge Jason Juga to the alternative charges against them.
Each of them has three charges and they were fined RM50,000 in default six months’ jail for each count.
On the first count, Junaidi had used forged receipts of the PSS Keningau 2 invoice copy to claim the transportation cost for the Community Drumming Project for September 2019 amounting to RM170,240.
On the second count, he used the same fake documents to claim the transportation cost for the same project amounting to RM298,480 for October 2019.
On the third count, Junaidi was accused of using the same forged receipts to claim the transportation cost amounting to RM413,840 for the same project for November 2019.
All the charges stated that the project distribution area was Pagalungan where the contract period was from April 1 to Dec 31, 2019.
Junaidi submitted the fake documents to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Office in Keningau on Oct 1, 2019.
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, or a fine, on conviction.
Meanwhile, Mohd Rahmad and Sainal, on the first to third counts, were abetting Junaidi in submitting all the forged documents to claim the transportation costs for the same project at the same place and time.
The trio each paid the RM150,000 fine on Thursday.
Prosecuting Officer Norsham Saharom from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission appeared for the prosecution while counsel Faezahwaty Abby Mohd Ibnu defended the trio.
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