30-04-2025
Former Dungun Municipal Council officer, wife charged over RM4.9mil corruption
KUALA TERENGGANU: A former assistant quantity surveyor at the Dungun Municipal Council and his wife were charged separately in court here with abuse of power for soliciting bribes and submitting false documents involving a total value of RM4.9 million.
According to BuletinTV3, Mohammad Hanif Ahmad, 41, and his wife, Maimunah Syahbudin, 47, pleaded not guilty before judge Mohd Azhar Othman at the Sessions Court here.
Hanif was slapped with four charges of abusing his position as a public servant at the council to secure public cleaning and related work contracts worth RM4,984,296.
He was accused of recommending companies owned by his father, brother, and friend to obtain the contracts between Dec 16, 2018, and March 9, 2021, in Jalan Yahaya Ahmad in Dungun.
The charges were filed under Section 23(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of no less than five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Maimunah, a former contractor, was charged with 10 counts of using false documents, bank statements and company registration certificates from three different companies submitted to the municipal council.
She allegedly committed the offences between Dec 17, 2020, and Jan 10, 2021, at the same location.
The court set June 12 for mention of the case.
The prosecution was led by MACC deputy public prosecutor Ezuain Farhana Ahmad, while both accused were represented by lawyer Ghazali Ismail.
