PETALING JAYA: A married couple claimed trial at the sessions court in Tawau to 15 charges related to the submission of false claims amounting to over RM600,000 to Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) for the supply of diesel, 11 years ago.
Junaidi Abdul Rahman and Albina Ogor Abdullah, who are ex-CEO and former executive director of a petroleum trading company, each pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them separately before judge Jason Juga, Bernama reported.
Junaidi, 63, is accused of fraudulently using fake documents, specifically Petron Oil (M) Sdn Bhd delivery tickets, to claim payments from SESB for 260,000 litres of diesel, with a total value of RM655,512, to the petroleum trading company.
Albina, 50, is accused of abetting Junaidi in the 15 charges, and both of them are alleged to have committed the offences at the Tawau Power Station, Jalan Kuhara here, between April 8 and April 11, 2013.
Junaidi is charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code for using forged documents while Albina under Section 109 of the Penal Code for abetment, read together with Section 471 of the same Act.
Both are punishable under Section 465 of the Penal Code, which carries a punishment of up to two years in prison, a fine, or both upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Norsham Saharom, together with MACC deputy public prosecutor Nurul Izzati Sapifee, while both accused were unrepresented.
The judge set bail at RM10,000 each with one surety and fixed case mention for Dec 3 at the Kota Kinabalu sessions court.
The court also ordered both accused not to interfere with prosecution witnesses and to report to the MACC office every two months. Their passports must also be surrendered to the court pending the conclusion of the case.
