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JOHOR BARU: A former Felda cooperative chairman has been fined RM22,500 by the Sessions Court here for falsifying 15 cheques worth RM34,450 some six years ago.
Sessions Judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail handed down the sentence after the accused, Saad Razali, 68, maintained his guilty plea when he was first charged on Jan 30, 2024.
Ahmad Kamal Arifin slapped a fine of RM1,500 against Saad in default one month’s jail for each of the 15 charges against him.
According to the charge sheet, Saad was accused of fraudulently using a document as genuine, which is a bank check belonging to Koperasi Peneroka Felda Selancar 3 Pahang Berhad, amounting to between RM650 and RM5,000 in the name of different individuals whom he had reason to believe were fake.
He had committed the offence at a bank in Segamat between Sept 27, 2019, and Oct 18, 2021.
Saad was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code and can be punished under Section 465 of the same Act, which carries a maximum jail sentence of two years or a fine or both upon conviction.
Pahang Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecution officer Muhammad Azraf Said prosecuted the case while lawyer Mohammad Muzammil Mohammad Hairiri represented the accused.
After the sentence was handed down, Ahmad Kamal Arifin then ordered the surety to be released and the bail of RM14,000 to be returned.
