Two more charges against tithes centre CEO
BUTTERWORTH: Penang Zakat Management Centre chief executive officer Datuk Azman Abdul Samat has been slapped with another two corruption charges.
He was charged in a Sessions Court here yesterday with one count each of receiving a RM5,000 cheque and RM4,000 cheque, respectively, without consideration from two persons in connection with his official duty.
Azman, 50, allegedly committed both offences at his office in Bandar Perda near here in January 2014 for the first charge and between Dec 28 and 30, 2016, for the second.
He is alleged to have received the RM5,000 cheque from Syarikat MW Global Trading owner Mohd Wardi Ramli and the other from Syarikat Al Global Trading owner Ashri Ismail.
He claimed trial to the charges under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both.
With the latest charges, Azman now faces six counts of bribery.
He had earlier claimed trial under the same section to four cor- ruption charges of receiving four watches, worth a total of RM4,730, between 2010 and February this year.
Yesterday, Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Ghazali Muhamad Nadzri proposed bail at RM10,000 for the two new charges.
Sessions Judge Sitarun Nisa Abdul Aziz set bail at RM5,000 with one surety and fixed Dec 29 for case management and submission of documents.
Azman was represented by Reza Rahim and Rajivan Nambiar.