KUALA LUMPUR: The first day of former Sabah infrastructure development minister Datuk Peter Anthony’s defence hearing on a charge of committing forgery for the purpose of cheating was postponed following the appointment of a new counsel to represent him.
The first day of former Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony’s (pic) defence hearing on a charge of committing forgery for the purpose of cheating, which had been fixed for Monday, was postponed following the appointment of a new counsel to represent him
A senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer today was charged with misappropriating some RM25 million (US$ 6.94 million) in cash that had been impounded for investigation.
The 41-year-old senior enforcer, Shahrum Nizam Baharuddin, was accused of committing the offence in a room belonging to the commission's Special Operations Division chief situated on Level 14, Block C of the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.
For that offence, Shahrum Nizam was slapped with one count of criminal breach of trust under Section 409 of the Penal Code.
According to the charge sheet, Shahrum Nizam in his capacity as a public officer, had been entrusted with the possession of the RM25 million between December 17, 2018 and April 9, 2019.
The cash was previously seized as part of the agency’s investigation into former director-general of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO), Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid who in 2018 was charged w
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian-Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) senior enforcer has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to criminal breach of trust involving US$6.94mil (RM29.02mil).