Marine DG charged with deceiving predecessor

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Malaysian Marine Department (JLM) director-general Captain Mohamad Halim Ahmed was charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Thursday (Aug 1) with cheating, resulting in shipping companies bringing heavy-grade oil into Malaysian waters without the approval of the Transport Minister four years ago.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/28rkrund  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysian Marine Department, JLM. Director-General Captain Muhammad Halim Ahmed was charged in

00:08the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Thursday with cheating, resulting in shipping companies

00:13bringing heavy-grade oil into Malaysian waters without the approval of the Transport Minister

00:19four years ago. Fifty-seven-year-old Muhammad Halim, who is former Secretary of the Maritime

00:25Division at the Ministry of Transport, pleaded not guilty to the charge before Judge Datuk

00:31Anita Harun. He was accused of deceiving his predecessor, then JLM Director-General Datuk

00:37Baharin Abdul Hamid, at the Marine Headquarters in Port Klang on October 27, 2020. The charge,

00:45framed under Section 417 of the Penal Code, provides for a jail term of up to five years

00:51or a fine or both upon conviction. The court allowed bail at RM20,000 with one surety

00:58and fixed October 7 for mention. The accused was ordered to surrender his passport to the

01:04court, to report himself at the Selangor MACC office once a month and to not intimidate

01:09prosecution witnesses.

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