Trader fined RM24,000 over three fake bank statements
Published on: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: A 27-year-old businessman was fined a total of RM24,000 for producing three fake bank statements to the Sabah Education Department to get contracts to supply cooked food to a hostel in Kudat.Noor Yussri Beklono pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Abu Bakar Manat, to three charges against him on Tuesday.
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He was fined RM8,000 or four months’ jail for each charge.
On the first to third counts, Noor Yussri used three fake bank statements dated July 31, Aug 31, and Sept 30, 2016 under Suria Construction for the purpose of obtaining the tender to supply cooked food for SMK Pekan Kudat hostel, from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019.
He produced the fake bank statements to the State Education Department, here on Nov 24, 2016.
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 468 of the same Code, which carries a jail term of up to two years or a fine, or both, on conviction.
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