Ex-village chief charged with CBT involving RM350k in Perak
THE STAR
Tuesday, 14 Jan 202010:45 AM MYT
By IVAN LOH
IPOH: A former Village Development and Safety Committee (JKKK) chairman and village chief from Muallim has been slapped with three charges of criminal breach of trust for embezzling about RM350,000 that was meant to build a surau.
Zulkifle Othman, 58, pleaded not guilty when charges were read under Section 409 of the Penal Code before Sessions Court judge S. Indra Nehru on Tuesday (Jan 14).
In the first charge, the former village chief of Kampung Lambak, Cabang Lima and Lubuk Salak, was said to have withdrawn about RM50,000 from a bank in Tanjung Malim for his own usage on March 21,2017.
The money was part of a sum meant to build a surau at Kampung Kubu.
In the second charge, he was said to have withdrawn and transferred some RM200,000 to one bank account under Jati Gemilang Resources for himself on the same day.
In the third charge, Zulkifle was said to have withdrawn and transferred about RM106,000 to the same bank account on May 14,2018.
Indra Nehru set bail at RM30,000 with one surety for all three charges and also ordered Zulkifle to report himself to the nearest Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office, in Teluk Intan, on the first week of every month.
She set Feb 19 for submission of documents and case management.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Nurul Wahida Jalaluddin prosecuted, while Zulkifle was represented by Hisham Nazir.
Tuesday, 14 Jan 202010:45 AM MYT
By IVAN LOH
IPOH: A former Village Development and Safety Committee (JKKK) chairman and village chief from Muallim has been slapped with three charges of criminal breach of trust for embezzling about RM350,000 that was meant to build a surau.
Zulkifle Othman, 58, pleaded not guilty when charges were read under Section 409 of the Penal Code before Sessions Court judge S. Indra Nehru on Tuesday (Jan 14).
In the first charge, the former village chief of Kampung Lambak, Cabang Lima and Lubuk Salak, was said to have withdrawn about RM50,000 from a bank in Tanjung Malim for his own usage on March 21,2017.
The money was part of a sum meant to build a surau at Kampung Kubu.
In the second charge, he was said to have withdrawn and transferred some RM200,000 to one bank account under Jati Gemilang Resources for himself on the same day.
In the third charge, Zulkifle was said to have withdrawn and transferred about RM106,000 to the same bank account on May 14,2018.
Indra Nehru set bail at RM30,000 with one surety for all three charges and also ordered Zulkifle to report himself to the nearest Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office, in Teluk Intan, on the first week of every month.
She set Feb 19 for submission of documents and case management.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Nurul Wahida Jalaluddin prosecuted, while Zulkifle was represented by Hisham Nazir.
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