Ex-JAIM clerk in the dock over RM150,000 graft case

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A 38-year-old former clerical assistant of the Melaka Islamic Religious Department (JAIM) was charged at the Melaka Sessions Court on Wednesday (Aug 30) with four counts of cheating involving about RM154,000 relating to emoluments.  Read more at http://rb.gy/0dv5k   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A former clerical assistant of the Malacca Islamic Religious Department pleaded not guilty

00:07 at the Malacca Sessions Court on Wednesday with four counts of cheating involving about

00:12 RM154,000 relating to A monuments.

00:17 38-year-old Muhammad Anwar Muhammad Zain allegedly deceived four part-time teachers into believing

00:23 that receipts for the reimbursement of allowances paid owing due to their resignations between

00:29 December 1, 2016 and November 30, 2018 were genuine.

00:35 He allegedly committed the offence between November 8, 2017 and July 19, 2018 at the

00:41 Religious Department's Human Resources Section in Melaka Tengah District.

00:47 The charges were framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating, which provides

00:51 for a jail term of between one and ten years and whipping upon conviction.

00:57 Judge Elsa Batbaya won granted bail of RM10,000 and ordered the accused to report to the MACC

01:03 office every month until the disposal of the case.

01:07 The court also fixed September 15 for next mention.

01:10 Thank you.

01:12 [End of Audio]

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