30-04-2025
Ex-civil servant, wife charged with abuse of power and falsifying documents
Hanif Ahmad faces four charges of abusing his position for gratification in the form of contracts for public cleaning services and related work worth a total of RM4,984,296.
PETALING JAYA : A former assistant quantity surveyor at the Dungun Municipal Council (MPD) in Terengganu and his wife pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Terengganu sessions court to charges of abuse of power and submitting false documents.
Utusan Malaysia reported that Hanif Ahmad, 41, and Maimunah Syahbudin, 47, made the plea after the charges against them were read out separately before judge Azhar Othman.
Hanif faces four charges of abusing his position for gratification in the form of contracts for public cleaning services and related work worth a total of RM4,984,296 by recommending companies owned by his father, brother, and friends.
He was accused of committing the offences at MPD on Jalan Yahaya Ahmad, Dungun, on Dec 16, 2018 and March 9, 2021.
Hanif was charged under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, and faces up to 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the sum or value of the gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Maimunah, a contractor at the time, was accused of submitting false account statements and company registration certificates for three different companies at MPD on Dec 17, 2020 and Jan 10, 2021.
She faces 10 charges under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable by Section 465 which provides for up to two years' imprisonment, a fine or both upon conviction.
The court set June 12 for re-mention of the case and allowed Hanif and Maimunah bail of RM18,000 and RM10,000 respectively.
