Jumadil being escorted to the Special Corruption Court in Tawau.
KOTA KINABALU: A contractor has been charged at the Special Corruption Court in Tawau with using false documents to get contracts for repair and maintenance work at two schools four years ago.
Jumadil Iggoh, 61, who is also the owner of the company, pleaded not guilty when the six charges against him were read before judge Jason Juga on Tuesday (July 30).
On three charges, Jumadil is accused of using fake bank account statements dated July 13, 2020 for April, May and June that year to fraudulently obtain a tender for the repair and maintenance of the teachers' quarters of SK Andrassy in Tawau.
For the other three charges, he is accused of using bank account statements dated Oct 14, 2020 for June, July and August the same year to obtain a tender for renovation works and maintenance of the SMK Kinabutan II building, also in Tawau.
Jumadil was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code for fraudulently using a document known to be false, punishable under Section 468 of the same Code.
If convicted, he faced jail of up to two years, a fine, or both.
Jumadil is accused of committing all the offences at the Tawau District Education Office between July 14 and Oct 14, 2020.
The judge allowed for bail of RM10,000 with RM3,000 deposited and one surety.
He also agreed to the prosecution's request for the accused to surrender his passport to the court and report regularly to the nearest MACC office, as well as not to interfere with the witnesses.
Next mention of the case was then set for Sept 26.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Rekraj Singh led the prosecution while Jumadil was represented by Abdul Ghani Zelika.
