21-05-2025
Contractor claims trial to using false papers to get govt tender for bridge repairs
JOHOR BARU: A contractor has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of using a fake document to obtain a government tender for bridge repairs.
Mohd Izwan Mohd Ali, 39, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday (May 21) to intentionally using a false document as a genuine one at the Yong Peng District Council in Yong Peng on April 27, 2021.
According to the charge sheet, the accused was said to have submitted a fake document in the form of a Construction Industry Development Board special permission to participate in a tender.
The document was allegedly used to obtain a tender for repairing a bridge in Jalan Kampung Paya, Yong Peng where the accused was apparently aware of its falsification when submitting it to the district council.
Mohd Izwan was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the Penal Code, which carries a hail term of up to two years, a fine, or both upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Faizul Kamarozaman offered bail at RM10,000 with one surety.
Mohd Izwan's lawyer Siti Nadia Yahya requested for the bail to be lowered to RM5,000 as the accused does not have a fixed income and he has to care for his wife and four children aged six to 12 years old.
Sessions judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail allowed bail at RM7,000 and set June 19 for next mention and submission of documents.
