Ex-HM of moral rehab centre charged with pilfering funds totalling RM43,000

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The former headmaster of a moral rehabilitation center under the Johor Social Welfare Department pleaded not guilty at the Johor Baru Sessions Court on Wednesday (Sept 25) to charges of misappropriating RM43,000.   45-year-old Mohammad Baharudin Admin allegedly misappropriated the funds in excess claims of payment from a catering company to the department.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/fqa8o  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The former headmaster of a moral rehabilitation centre under the Johor Social Welfare Department

00:08has pleaded not guilty at the Johor Bahru Sessions Court on Wednesday to charges of

00:12misappropriating 43,000 ringgit.

00:16Forty-five-year-old Mohamed Baharuddin Admin allegedly misappropriated the funds in excess

00:21claims of payment from a catering company to the department.

00:25The offence allegedly took place at a bank in Tampoi between January and September in

00:302021.

00:32The charges fall under Section 403 of the Penal Code, carrying a penalty of six months

00:38to five years in prison, with whipping and a fine.

00:41He also pleaded not guilty to four alternative charges of using fake documents to submit

00:47false claims at the department's office between July and October 2021.

00:53The alternative charges under Section 471 of the Penal Code for using forged documents

00:59carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both if convicted.

01:04The court set bail at 10,000 ringgit and set October 24 for the next mentioned date.

01:10Mohamed Baharuddin posted bail.

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