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Borneo Post
2 days ago
- Borneo Post
Ex-Sabah Water Director claims RM17 million not his
KOTA KINABALU (June 26): A Sessions Court here today heard that large amount of cash allegedly found by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in a former Sabah Water Department director's office pantry belonged to someone else. The first defence witness, Ag Mohd Tahir Mohd Talib, 63, told judge Abu Bakar Manat that most of the cash found in the pantry did not belong to him — only the amount inside a knapsack was his. Under cross-examination by deputy public prosecutor Mahadi Abdul Jumaat, Ag Mohd Tahir disagreed with the suggestion that he was the only person who had a key to the pantry. Mahadi: At the pantry and inside the knapsack, there was nothing belonging to anyone else. Agree? Ag Mohd Tahir: Only inside the knapsack was mine. Mahadi: In the pantry, there were items belonging to someone else? Ag Mohd Tahir: Yes. Mahadi: Can you tell the court what items belonged to someone else? Ag Mohd Tahir: A large amount of cash. He also agreed that no items in the knapsack belonged to someone else. Earlier, under examination-in-chief, Ag Mohd Tahir testified that the bulk of the RM20 million allegedly found in the pantry was already there when he entered the office. He claimed that from time to time he would keep his money there, especially when his brother came to request political donations. He maintained that only RM3 million of the RM20 million belonged to him. Ag Mohd Tahir is on trial alongside his wife Fauziah Hj Piut, 58, and former department deputy director Lim Lam Beng @ Lim Chee Hong, 69. He faces 11 charges, while Fauziah faces 19 charges under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUA). The couple also faces two joint charges under the same section, while Ag Mohd Tahir has an additional charge under Section 4(1)(a). The alleged offences were committed between October 4 and November 4, 2016, at various locations including Ag Mohd Tahir's office, a house in Sembulan, bank branches, a condominium in Sulaman, and a tower in Kuala Lumpur. Lim is alleged to have committed related offences between October 13 and November 8, 2016, at the MACC office in Jalan UMS and at a residence in Kota Kinabalu. Ag Mohd Tahir also testified that he was unaware his wife had 19 bank accounts totalling RM2.2 million. He disagreed with claims that MACC had seized 900 pieces of jewellery, initially valued at RM1.7 million in 2016, and later appraised at RM4.1 million in 2023. The prosecution is led by deputy public prosecutors Mahadi Abdul Jumaat, Haresh Prakash Somiah and Zander Lim. Ag Mohd Tahir and Fauziah are represented by Datuk Hj Ansari Abdullah and Erveana Ansari. Lim is defended by Datuk Tan Hock Chuan, Baldev Singh and Kelvin Wong. The trial resumes on July 23.
India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
Karnataka man jailed for wife's ‘murder' seeks Rs 5 crore after she was found alive
A tribal man from Karnataka who spent nearly two years in prison for the alleged murder of his wife, who was later found alive, has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking Rs 5 crore in compensation and criminal action against the police officers involved in his wrongful Suresh, a resident of Basavanahalli in Kushalnagar taluk, was acquitted with full honours in April 2025 by the 5th Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru. The court had also directed the Karnataka Home Department to pay him Rs 1 lakh in compensation. Unhappy with the nominal amount and the limited scope of accountability, Suresh has now filed a criminal appeal in the High his petition, Suresh has named five officers, including then Investigating Officer Inspector Prakash BG, then Additional Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar, Sub-Inspectors Prakash Yattimani and Mahesh BK, and Assistant Sub-Inspector Somashekara. He has accused them of fabricating evidence, abusing their positions, and orchestrating his arrest without due process. Suresh is seeking both financial damages and criminal proceedings against the case dates back to 2021, when Suresh filed a missing person's complaint after his wife, Mallige, disappeared. In 2022, skeletal remains were recovered in the Bettadapura police station limits of neighbouring Mysuru district. With no clear identification, police suspected the remains to be those of Mallige. Suresh and his mother-in-law were allegedly coerced into confirming the identity of the remains, despite the absence of a DNA this basis, Suresh was arrested and charged with Mallige's murder. He remained in custody for nearly 18 months until a DNA test, ordered by the court, confirmed that the remains were not Mallige's. Suresh was then granted bail and a turn of events in April 2025, Mallige was spotted alive by Suresh's friends while she was dining at a restaurant in Madikeri. She was taken into custody and produced before the Mysuru court by Bettadapura police. Her reappearance raised serious questions about the conduct of the investigation, the handling of forensic evidence, and whether the case involved gross negligence or deliberate the Sessions Court had recommended legal action against Inspector Prakash BG alone for tampering with evidence, Suresh's appeal seeks to extend criminal liability to all five officers named in the case. He has also requested that the High Court amend the Sessions Court judgment to describe him as a 'victim' rather than an 'accused'.Investigations are ongoing to trace Mallige's whereabouts over the past three years and to understand the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.- Ends IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
The Sun
2 days ago
- The Sun
Former pay TV employee with 743 data tampering charges sent to psychiatric hospital
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court today ordered a former pay television employee accused of tampering with 743 client accounts to undergo a month-long psychiatric observation at Hospital Bahagia Tanjong Rambutan in Perak. Judge Norma Ismail issued the order after the accused, Nora Idayu Jaafar, 48, was suspected of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Her lawyer, Daniel Annamalai, presented a clinic letter dated June 6 recommending psychiatric assessment. 'The accused must report to Hospital Bahagia on June 30 for observation. The case will be mentioned again on July 29,' said Judge Norma. Deputy Public Prosecutor Rohaiza Abd Rahman represented the prosecution. During today's hearing, the court spent nearly two hours reading 132 of the 743 charges. Nora Idayu had previously fainted in court on June 4 after the 30th charge was read. She collapsed shortly after pleading not guilty, prompting a pause in proceedings as medical personnel attended to her. Nora, who worked in the commercial support unit, allegedly converted regular client accounts to corporate accounts without authorization at Astro's Menara Icon office in Jalan Tun Razak in 2014. The charges fall under Section 5(1) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997, carrying a maximum penalty of RM100,000 fine, seven years' jail, or both.
New Straits Times
2 days ago
- New Straits Times
Father pleads guilty to raping two daughters for 11 years
MUAR: The suffering of two sisters who were victims of molest, rape, and sodomy by their biological father for the past 11 years ended when the man was sentenced to 124 years in prison and 92 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today. A 44-year-old father of two siblings was sentenced after pleading guilty to all 14 charges presented to him by the interpreter in front of Judge Sayani Mohd Nor. The palm oil worker was sentenced to 21 years in prison and six strokes of the cane for the first to third charges of committing physical sexual abuse against a daughter who is now 16 years old. The act was committed against the victim since the age of five at his home in Batu Pahat during the day and night between the years 2014 and 2022. For this charge, he was prosecuted under Section 14 (a) and (d), the Sexual Offences Against Children Act (Soaca) 2017. For the fourth to fourteenth charges, he was accused of raping, sodomising, and committing physical sexual assault against his eldest child, who is now 17 years old, in various locations including a hut in an oil palm plantation and a store between the years 2014 and May 2025. The charges were brought under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code, Section 14(d), and Section 377C of the same code, amounting to a total sentence of 103 years in prison and 86 strokes of the rotan. However, the court ordered that the sentences under Section 376(3) and Sections 14(a) and 14(d) run concurrently, while the additional sentence under Section 16 would begin after the first term is served. As a result, the accused will serve a total of 22 years in prison and receive 24 strokes, which is the maximum allowed under Section 288 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Based on the facts of the case, a police report was made after the victim's mother, who is also the defendant's wife, was called by the school due to the declining performance of both of her children. Both defendants then told their teacher and mother that they had been raped, sodomised, and molested by their father since they were five and six years old. Preliminary police investigations found that the incident occurred while both victims were at home and in the palm oil plantation hut, with the accused committing the act without the victims' consent. In fact, one of the victims almost fainted and had difficulty breathing after being raped by the accused, despite pleading multiple times, but the man ignored them. Even more cruel, the victim also experienced bleeding and was ordered not to tell anyone, including her mother, if she didn't want anything to happen to her. The prosecution was handled by deputy public prosecutor, Othman Affan Ismail, while the accused was not represented by a lawyer. The court also ordered the accused to undergo police supervision for two years upon completion of the sentence in accordance with Section 27 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
New Straits Times
2 days ago
- New Straits Times
Woman charged with 743 counts of database tampering, to undergo psychiatric evaluation
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court today ordered a former employee of a pay-TV company to undergo 30 days of psychiatric observation at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta after she was charged with 743 counts of unauthorised modifications to the company's database. Judge Norma Ismail directed that Nora Idayu Jaafar, 48, be admitted to the hospital next Monday following a request by her lawyer, Daniel Annamalai, who informed the court that his client had a referral letter from a private clinic to consult a psychiatrist. "She sought medical attention on June 6 and was referred for psychiatric evaluation. "The doctor suspects she may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)," he said. Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Rohaiza Abdul Rahman requested the court to decide whether the accused should be sent for psychiatric evaluation following the defence's application. The court set July 29 for further mention of the case. During today's hearing, two court interpreters took nearly two hours to read out 132 charges to the accused. Nora pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which alleged that she made unauthorised changes to the company's customer database by converting standard user accounts into corporate accounts without permission. She is facing a total of 743 charges, 30 of which were read out on June 4 before she collapsed in the dock midway through proceedings, prompting the court to adjourn and resume the remainder today. Previously, the court granted her bail at RM10,000 with one surety and imposed additional conditions requiring her to surrender her passport and report to the nearest police station once a month until the trial concludes. According to the charge sheet, Nora, who was attached to the Commercial Support Unit, is accused of knowingly making unauthorised modifications to account data, thereby altering the contents of the company's database. The offences allegedly involved 743 Astro customers and were committed between 2013 and 2019 at Astro's office in Menara Icon, Jalan Tun Razak. She is charged under Section 5(1) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997, which carries a penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment, a fine of up to RM100,000, or both, upon conviction.
