Former school assistant fined RM20,000 for falsifying procurement documents

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A former clerical assistant of SMK(C) Yok Bin was fined RM20,000 by the Sessions Court in Ayer Keroh, Melaka after the 54-year-old pleaded guilty to 10 alternative charges of falsifying procurement documents on behalf of a company owned by her daughter.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3472fw2w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Sessions Court in Ayyakero imposed a fine of 20,000 ringgit on Noor Rafida Abqadir,

00:08a 54-year-old former clerical assistant at SMKC Yokbin, after she pleaded guilty to ten

00:14alternative charges of falsifying procurement documents for a company owned by her daughter.

00:21Judge Elisabeth Payawan meted out the sentence on Thursday.

00:25Rafida, a mother of three, was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code,

00:31which carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both, upon conviction.

00:37According to the Statement of Facts, Noor Rafida misused cheques from the school,

00:42totaling over 15,000 ringgit in 2020, despite the documents containing false information.

00:49She submitted ten payment vouchers with inaccurate details for supply and service

00:55work at the school to her daughter's company, Amyeliana Enterprise.

01:00The offences were committed at a bank in Bukit Baru in Malacca from October 19 to November 23,

01:072020. The prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Fatin Noor Athira Zainuddin from the

01:15Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, MACC, while Noor Rafida was unrepresented.

01:21The court imposed a fine of 2,000 ringgit for each offence,

01:25or in default, a 30-month jail sentence. Noor Rafida subsequently paid the fine.

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