Mohd Nasir Amir (left) and Mohd Fauzi Arshad (right)
BERNAMA
26 August 2020
26/08/2020 05:46 PM
JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 26 -- A former deputy director and an ex-former Officer of the Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) Education Division, pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court, here, today, on charges of cheating a book printing company owner, involving a loss of RM100,000, four years ago.
The accused, Mohd Nasir Amir, 58, who faced three charges and Mohd Fauzi Arshad, 52, one charge, made the confession after all the charges were read separately before Sessions judge Kamarudin Kamsun.
According to the first to third charges, Mohd Nasir was accused of cheating a printing company owner and prompting him to hand over RM50,000 purportedly as a contribution to the JAINJ Education Division Welfare Body.
Mohd Nasir was charged with committing the three offences at two restaurants in Pandan Uptown and Taman Desa Tebrau, here, between 7.30 pm and 11.30 pm, between February 29 and Sept 30, 2016.
Mohd Fauzi, on the other hand, was accused of deceiving the owner of the same company, prompting the latter to hand him RM50,000, allegedly being royalty payment to the authors of the ‘Buku Latihan Aktivity (BLA)’ produced by the Johor Religious Teachers Association.
He was charged with committing the offence at the Iskandar Islamic Centre, here, between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, between April 18 and April 20, 2016.
Both were charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment not exceeding 10 years with whipping and fine, if convicted.
The prosecution was conducted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy Public Prosecutor Zander Lim, while the two accused were represented by counsel Rosli Kamaruddin.
Earlier, Lim applied for a high bail of RM20,000 for the two accused as the offences committed were very serious but, Rosli appealed for a lower bail as both were co-operative and had dependents.
Judge Kamarudin then allowed the two a bail of RM15,000 each with one surety besides setting Sept 29 for re-mention of the case. He also ordered them to report every month at the nearby MACC office.
-- BERNAMA
