Tourism Ministry DG, ex- officials charged with CB
He was jointly charged with former Pempena Sdn Bhd chief operations officer Mohammad Rosly Md Selamat, 56, who also claimed trial. Pembena is a failed subsidiary of Tourism Malaysia.
Mirza, 52 and Mohammad Rosly are charged with committing the offence at the Pempena office in the Putra World Trade Centre here on Feb 27, 2007.
They are accused of paying RM888,000 to LCL Interior LCL Dubai for a project to build a restaurant in Dubai even though the project did not fulfil the necessary requirements.
Sessions Court judge Azizah Mahamud granted Mirza and Mohammad Rosly a bail of RM30,000 and RM50,000 with one surety respectively. She also fixed Sept 6 for the next mention.
Mirza was represented by Shashi Menon while lawyer Rejinder Singh acted for Mohammad Rosly.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Nahra Dollah and Rebecca Mathan appeared for the prosecution.
This is the second time Mirza has been charged in court for abusing his position.
In July 2009, he was however acquitted by the Sessions Court of a charge of accepting dental treatment from a company director without consideration in 2005.
Judge Zainal Abidin Kamarudin said then that the prosecution had failed to prove the element of criminal intent on Mirza’s part that he had accepted the valuable thing in the form of the treatment from the director.
Mohammad Rosly's other charge
Earlier today, in another Sessions Court, two former senior officers of Pempena, including Mohammad Rosly, pleaded not guilty to committing criminal breach of trust, involving RM169,770, four years ago.
Former financial controller Lim Khing Tai, 38 was charged with Mohammad Rosly.
Mohammad Rosly and Lim are jointly charged in their capacities as the office-bearers, with committing the offence by dishonestly paying RM169,770, via four Bumiputra Commerce Bhd cheques, to Ummi Hafilda Ali as sponsorship fee to organise a Amr Diab concert despite knowing that the payment had yet to be approved by Pempena's board of directors.
The offence was allegedly committed at the office of Pempena Sdn Bhd, 29th Floor, Menara Dato' Onn, Putra World Trade Centre, on Aug 15, 2006.
Mohammad Rosly and Lim were charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code.
If convicted, they could be sentenced to a maximum 20 years jail, whipping and liable to a fine. Judge Rozana Ali Yusoff set bail at RM20,000 bail with one surety for each of the accused and fixed Sept 6 for mention.
She also ordered Lim to surrender his passport today and Mohammad Rosly to surrender his on Sept 6 when he returned from Melbourne, Australia, after attending a family reunion.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhamad Anas Mahadzir prosecuted while Mohammad Rosly and Lim were represented by lawyers Rejender Singh and Cheow Wee, respectively.
- Bernama
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