Photo shows the exterior of the Kuching Court Complex. — Photo by Chimon Upon
KUCHING (Dec 19): A man and a woman were discharged and acquitted by the Sessions Court here Friday for submitting false claims for a bus rental service.
Judge Nixon Kennedy Kumbong made the ruling after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused, Ameen Haiqal Lim Abdullah @ Lim Seng Hock and Marlina Bolki.
They were discharged and acquitted without having to defend themselves.
Ameen faced two charges while Marlina faced one charge, all under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act.
For the first charge, Ameen was charged with making a fake claim of RM6,400 for rental of two buses for a small firearms shooting training on Oct 7, 2017, but only one bus was used.
For the second charge, Ameen submitted a false claim of RM9,600 for the rental of three buses for a two-day event, but the event was only for one day and no bus was rented for the event.
He made both claims around 9am on Oct 9, 2017 at the Defence Ministry (Sarawak branch) office in Jalan Simpang Tiga here.
Marlina was, meanwhile, charged with submitting a false claim of RM6,526.50 on the same day and time, also for rental of buses for two days, for the same one-day small firearms shooting training.
Twenty witnesses were called to testify.
DPP Nur Nisla Abdul Latif prosecuted while the two accused were represented by counsels Osman Ibrahim, Fadzillah Osman and Nur Artikah Kulah.
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