Former MP’s aide fined RM45,000 for making false claims
Published on: Thursday, May 09, 2024
By: Bernama
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Khalid Abdul Hamid at the Alor Setar sessions court where he pleaded guilty to three counts of submitting false claims. (Bernama pic)
ALOR SETAR: A former special officer to ex-Merbok MP Nor Azrina Surip was fined RM45,000 at the sessions court here today after pleading guilty to three counts of submitting false claims totalling RM29,500 for home improvements four years ago.
Khalid Abdul Hamid, 46, pleaded guilty to the three charges, which were read to him before judge N Priscilla Hemamalini.
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According to the charges, he fraudulently used fake documents as genuine – three invoices from a company amounting to RM29,500 – at the Merbok parliamentary service centre on Jan 20, 2020.
The charges were framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code.