By Dorcas Ting
KUCHING, July 9: An administrative affairs assistant working with the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment and six strokes of the cane for six charges of misappropriation of funds belonging to Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (PERJASA) .
Mohd Hishamuddin Sulhi, 41, pleaded guilty to all six charges before Sessions Court Judge Steve Ritikos.
The imprisonment term will run concurrently.
Mohd Hishamuddin was also the president of the Perjasa Staff Association between 2015 and 2017, and was one of the three signatories of the association cheque book and withdrawal of cash from Perjasa’s account.
From January 2017 to March 2017, the accused had instructed the secetary of Perjasa, Norasmah Abu Bakar to issue four cheque amounting to RM45,700 payable to Muhammad Fadzly Sani, who was a committee member of Perjasa and two cheques amounting to RM45,600 payable to the accused himself.
Upon investigation by the MACC revealed that Muhammad Fadzly was a runner of the accused to withdraw money and cash out the cheques issued. Once the cash were obtained, Muhammad Fadzly would pass the money to the accused and in return will receive commissions for assisting the accused to cash out the cheques from the bank.
The accused was charged under Section 403 of the Penal Code for dishonestly misappropriating cash money belonging to Perjasa amounting to RM91,300 between January 2017 and March 2017.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nur Nisla Abd Latif prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented. — DayakDaily
