23-05-2025
Perlis treasury assistant accountant fined RM42,000 for CBT
KANGAR: An assistant accountant at the Perlis Treasury Office was fined RM42,000 by the Sessions Court here today after pleading guilty to seven out of 13 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving state government funds totalling RM81,585.04, committed between June 2018 and September 2019.
Mohd Reimi Ismail, 46, had initially pleaded not guilty during the first proceedings on July 26 last year but changed his plea for seven of the 13 alternative charges read before Judge Datuk Nu'aman Mahmud Zuhudi.
Mohd Reimi was accused of knowingly receiving stolen property, namely RM81,585.04, belonging to the Perlis State Treasury Office.
The funds were deposited into third-party accounts belonging to his friend, Che Fariz Izani Che Ya, and his mother-in-law, Norain Salleh.
Prior to that, the accused had altered the intended recipient account numbers to those of the third parties, fully aware that the money was stolen.
As such, he was found to have committed the offence under Section 411 of the Penal Code.
The prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Maziah Mohaide of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), while the accused was represented by counsel Syed Muhammad Anwar Syed Lokman Hakim.
The court imposed a fine of RM42,000, with an alternative sentence of 29 months' imprisonment in the event of non-payment.
The remaining six charges were taken into consideration under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
