An Umno politician’s son, who is also a sales manager of Telekom Malaysia (TM) Berhad subsidiary company, has been charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today with forging documents to cheat a supplier for a whopping RM228,700.

NONE Hamdy Mohd Nakhaie ( left ), 34, of Government Integrated Telecommunications Network (GITN) Sdn Bhd, pleaded not guilty to forging eight invoices using another company name, to cheat Abdul Razak Mohd Noor, director of Numix Engineering Sdn Bhd, a network equipment supplier.

Hamdy is the son of Mohd Nakhaie Ahmad, who used to be a PAS vice-president before he joined Umno in 1989.

Mohd Nakhaie was one of the main PAS leaders back then, after Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Abdul Hadi Awang.

Hamdy was alleged to have committed the offences by abusing the company name of HMN Global Enterprise in the invoices dated between December 2010 and February 2012.

The offence under Section 468 of the Penal Code carries a jail term of up to seven years and a fine, upon conviction.

Sessions Court judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain granted the accused RM25,000 bail with one surety.

He fixed Jan 27 next year for mention.

Mohd Nakhaie was present in court to provide surety for Hamdy’s bail.

Earlier, Hamdy, through his counsel Shamsul Sulaiman, told the court that he refused to record a plea after hearing the charges read out, unless he saw copies of the invoices from the prosecution.

Shamsul said there was no mention of fake information found from the invoices and date of offence, which he claimed as unfair to his client.

DPP Mohd Firdaus Abu Hanipah explained that according to Section 152 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the prosecution should only present exhibits during trial, but not at the first charge stage.

Mohd Firdaus added that all the invoice information were fake, and to this, Hamdy was satisfied with the explanation and claimed trial.

 

Another sales manager charged in Shah Alam

Meanwhile, Bernama reported that another GITN sales manager claimed trial to four charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM259,250 in 2010 and 2011.

Mohamed Puhad Mohamed Liza, 42, sales manager at GITN Sdn Bhd, was charged with accepting a bribe by way of cheques for a total amount of RM44,590 from Numix Engineering Sdn Bhd as an inducement to help that company secure the installation of the wireless Internet network VSAT Ku Band.

He was accused of committing the offence at a restaurant in Section 13, Shah Alam, in April, May and June 2010.   

He was also charged with accepting a bribe of RM73,320 in cash from the same company as an inducement for the same purpose at the Shah Alam branch of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad in Section 7 between September and October 2010.

For the third and fourth charges, Mohamed Puhad was accused of accepting bribes of RM45,830 and RM95,510 in cash from the same company for the same purpose at the same bank between November and December 2010 and January 2011, respectively.

The offences under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act 2009, carry a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of RM10,000 or five times the amount of bribes, whichever is higher.

Sessions Judge Asmadi Husin set bail at RM35,000 in one surety and ordered Mohamed Puhad to surrender his passport to the court.

He fixed Feb 26 next year for case management and March 12 to 14 for the trial.