5:02 PM MYT
GEORGE TOWN: A former community development assistant with the state Welfare Department has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of embezzlement.
Mohamed Hussain Mohamed Mydin, 41, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of failing to provide a reasonable explanation as to how he came to possess cash amounting to more than RM63,000 at two Magistrate s Courts here.
He pleaded guilty before Magistrate R. Manomani to four cases with three charges for each case under Section 29(1) of the Minor Offences Act 1955, which provides a fine of up to RM1,000 or a maximum one year in jail, or both, upon conviction.
Based on the 12 charge sheets, he was charged with failing to provide a reasonable explanation as to how he came to possess cash in his personal bank account based on deposits between July 2014 and April 2, 2016, amounting to RM52,049.