00:01A retired civil servant and a former temple chairman pleaded not guilty at the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Monday
00:08to charges of using a forged invoice and abetting a false claim for repair works at a place of worship
00:14amounting to 50,000 ringgit five years ago.
00:17The retired civil servant, M. Thiru Selvam, 65, and former chairman of the Sri Shakti Eswari Temple, P. Selvam, 70,
00:26were charged before Judge Muhammad Nasir Nordin and Judge Awang Karisnada Awang Mahmud.
00:32Thiru Selvam allegedly presented a forged invoice dated November 15, 2021, to Temple Secretary V. Gopala Krishnan at a Petaling
00:42Jaya Temple on November 22, 2021.
00:47The fraudulent document claimed 50,000 ringgit for consultancy and leaking repair works at the temple.
00:53Meanwhile, Selvam is charged with abetting Thiru Selvam in relation to the same claim, allegedly committed on the same date
01:00and at the same location.
01:01Thiru Selvam was allowed bail of 5,000 ringgit, while Selvam was granted bail of 15,000 ringgit.
01:09Both courts also ordered each accused to surrender their passports to the court and to report to the MACC office
01:16once a month.
01:18The court also allowed an application to transfer the case to be tried before Judge Muhammad Nasir and fixed May
01:2511 for case mention.
01:29The court also allowed a
01:30The court also allowed the court to transfer the case to be tried before Judge Muhammad Nasir and fixed May
01:3711 for case mention.
01:37You
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