Melaka Statistics Department assistant officer faces trial for misappropriation and false claims

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An assistant officer serving the Melaka Statistics Department claimed trial at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court to six counts of alleged misappropriation of property and false claims amounting to RM85,000.  The plea of Norrul Huda Marsidin, 40, was recorded before Judge Elesabet Paya Wan on Friday (May 17).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/27bzt52p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 An assistant officer at the Malacca Department of Statistics pleaded not guilty at the Ayer

00:08 Kero Sessions Court on Friday to six charges of submitting false claims and misappropriating

00:13 property amounting to almost R85,000 three years ago. On the first three charges, Norul

00:21 Huda Marsi Dean was alleged to have submitted three invoices from FIS Gemilang Enterprise

00:27 dated November 22, 2021, containing fraudulent details for the supply of food and drinks

00:35 totalling R6,640, where the supply was never made. The charges were framed under Section

00:42 18 of the MACC Act 2009. Those found guilty face a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine

00:51 of not less than five times the falsified sum, or R10,000, whichever is higher. For

00:57 the fourth to sixth charges, the 40-year-old reportedly misappropriated funds belonging

01:03 to the Malacca Department of Statistics and a youth association for her personal use amounting

01:09 to over R18,000 and R59,400 respectively between December 2021 and November 2022. The charges

01:20 were framed under Section 403 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment for up to

01:26 five years and with whipping and fine if found guilty. The court allowed bail at R20,000

01:34 with one surety and fixed June 26 for mention. The accused was also ordered to report herself

01:40 at the Malacca MACC office and surrender her passport to the court.

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