00:00The former headmaster of a moral rehabilitation centre under the Johor Social Welfare Department
00:08has pleaded not guilty at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court on Wednesday to charges of
00:12misappropriating 43,000 ringgit.
00:16Forty-five-year-old Mohamed Baharuddin Admin allegedly misappropriated the funds in excess
00:21claims of payment from a catering company to the department.
00:25The offence allegedly took place at a bank in Tampoi between January and September in
00:302021.
00:32The charges fall under Section 403 of the Penal Code, carrying a penalty of six months
00:38to five years in prison, with whipping and a fine.
00:41He also pleaded not guilty to four alternative charges of using fake documents to submit
00:47false claims at the department's office between July and October 2021.
00:53The alternative charges under Section 471 of the Penal Code for using forged documents
00:59carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both if convicted.
01:04The court set bail at 10,000 ringgit and set October 24 for the next mentioned date.
01:10Mohamed Baharuddin posted bail.
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