Khairul Azizi Ab Aziz (left) leaving the sessions court in Kuantan today after he pleaded guilty to corruption. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: A headmaster from Rompin, Pahang, was sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM20,000 by the sessions court in Kuantan after pleading guilty to two charges that involved diverting school funds to a company owned by his wife.
According to Bernama, Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain also ordered the accused, Khairul Azizi Ab Aziz, 55, to be jailed for 12 months if he failed to pay the fine.
According to the charges, Khairul Azizi committed the offence in 2014 while serving as a senior assistant co-curriculum teacher at SK Cherating.
He was accused of making his wife’s company, Sueazizi Enterprise, the beneficiary of an allocation for sailboats for the Pahang School Sports Council training programme. One payment of RM1,200 was made on March 19, 2014, and another for RM700 involving a boating programme organised by the education ministry on Dec 15, 2014.
The charges were filed under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which is punishable with a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of five times the sum involved or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Khairul was unrepresented while the prosecution was conducted by MACC deputy public prosecutor Siti Sarah Zainal Abiddin.
Earlier, the accused told the court that he had served in the field of education for 31 years and was appointed headmaster in 2016 after the offence took place.
“The mistake was made when I was a senior assistant teacher and at that time I had never taken any formal course related to government financial management. As a Pahang School Sports Council coach, I tried to maximise the value of the funds allocated to ensure that the boating programme would be on the right track.
“The students involved came from various districts, such as Rompin, Jerantut, Bentong and Kuantan. I sacrificed time and money to help them because some were from difficult family situations and boating was quite expensive.”
Khairul asked the court to consider imposing a lighter sentence, saying he was currently in debt, while his wife was unemployed and his two children were still studying at institutions of higher learning.
PETALING JAYA: A headmaster from Rompin, Pahang, was sentenced to three months’ jail and fined RM20,000 by the sessions court in Kuantan after pleading guilty to two charges that involved diverting school funds to a company owned by his wife.
According to Bernama, Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain also ordered the accused, Khairul Azizi Ab Aziz, 55, to be jailed for 12 months if he failed to pay the fine.
According to the charges, Khairul Azizi committed the offence in 2014 while serving as a senior assistant co-curriculum teacher at SK Cherating.
He was accused of making his wife’s company, Sueazizi Enterprise, the beneficiary of an allocation for sailboats for the Pahang School Sports Council training programme. One payment of RM1,200 was made on March 19, 2014, and another for RM700 involving a boating programme organised by the education ministry on Dec 15, 2014.
The charges were filed under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which is punishable with a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of five times the sum involved or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Khairul was unrepresented while the prosecution was conducted by MACC deputy public prosecutor Siti Sarah Zainal Abiddin.
Earlier, the accused told the court that he had served in the field of education for 31 years and was appointed headmaster in 2016 after the offence took place.
“The mistake was made when I was a senior assistant teacher and at that time I had never taken any formal course related to government financial management. As a Pahang School Sports Council coach, I tried to maximise the value of the funds allocated to ensure that the boating programme would be on the right track.
“The students involved came from various districts, such as Rompin, Jerantut, Bentong and Kuantan. I sacrificed time and money to help them because some were from difficult family situations and boating was quite expensive.”
Khairul asked the court to consider imposing a lighter sentence, saying he was currently in debt, while his wife was unemployed and his two children were still studying at institutions of higher learning.
While the ikan bilis get caught & plead with standard grandmother stories for corruption of various forms, the elites roam free w/o fear after been exposed for serious unethical profiteerings.
ReplyDeleteThis fraudulent mendacity is so prevalent amongst these mfers that even their cult dogma ALLOWS them!