Kota Kinabalu: A 45-year-old civil servant was charged with using a fake document to get claim amounting to RM19,100.
Town Planning Officer, Nazri Hamburg, pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court Judge Jason Juga, to the charge against him on Wednesday.
Nazri is accused of submitting the fake claim statement which was a bill from Syarikat Pengangkutan Putra dated May 12, 2017 for payment of transporting two vehicles to Papar and three workers to move/carry goods when in fact the service was never rendered.
He allegedly submitted the fake document dated June 12, 2017 to an Administrative Assistant (Finance) at the Sabah Town and Regional Planning Department with intention to deceive his principal.
The alleged offence took place on Oct 2, 2017 at the Sabah Town and Regional Planning Department, here.
The offence under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009, punishable under Section 24(2) of the same Act provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the false particulars, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
The court fixed July 10 for pre-trial case management.
Nazri was released on bail of RM10,000 with RM5,000 deposited in a local surety.
The court also ordered Nazri to report once a month to the MACC office and his passport, if any, to be kept by the court.
The court also reminded him not to disturb the prosecution’s witnesses pending disposal of the case.
MACC Prosecuting Officer Dzulkarnain Rouslan Hasbi prosecuted while counsel Hannan Razaini represented Nazri.
