15-05-2025
Medical staff charged with using fake documents to claim overtime
Published on: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Published on: Thu, May 15, 2025
By: Cynthia D Baga Text Size: The court was told that the trio had forwarded their second representation letters to reduce the amount of their charges under Section 471/465 of the Penal Code. Kota Kinabalu: The Special Corruption Court set June 23 this year for further mention the case involving three medical staff charged with using fake documents to claim overtime. Judge Jason Juga fixed the date for Nurse Naliah Saliwat, 38, medical assistant officers Aemy Melanie Elon, 34, and Junior Justin, 35, pending the outcome of the trio's representation letters from the prosecution's office in Putrajaya.
Advertisement The court was told that the trio had forwarded their second representation letters to reduce the amount of their charges under Section 471/465 of the Penal Code. The prosecution informed the court that the outcome of the representation letters is still pending. The trio who were not represented, told the court that they had nothing to say. Naliah has nine charges, Aemy has 14 charges and Junior has nine charges. On the first to eight counts, Marvilta is accused of using fake documents in claiming the overtime between Dec 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 amounting to RM24,482.88. Meanwhile, Naliah on the first to ninth counts, is accused of using fake documents in claiming overtime between July 17, 2020 and Aug 12, 2021 amounting to RM29,100.82. Meanwhile, Aemy on the first to 14 counts, is accused of using fake documents to claim overtime between April 7, 2020 and Aug 5, 2021 amounting to RM41,922.94. Junior on the first to ninth counts, is accused of using fake documents in claiming overtime between July 17, 2021 and Aug 12, 2021 amounting to RM36,155.51. The charges stated that the trio who were staff at the Inanam Health Clinic, here allegedly submitted the fake documents among others were Jadual Extended Hours, copy of Jadual Bertugas Perkhidmatan Lanjutan Klinik Inanam, list of names of personnel on call duties and a copy of Kad Perakam waktu. The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the same Code, carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both, on conviction. The court ordered their bail to be extended pending the date. Meanwhile, another Nurse Marvilta Michael Poudi, 36, who have eight charges for using fake documents, will go trial on Aug 25–26 this year. Counsel Sylester Kuan who defended Marvilta, said that he received instructions from his client to proceed with the trial. On the first to eight counts, Marvilta is accused of using fake documents in claiming the overtime between Dec 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 with the total amount of RM24,482.88. * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
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