Charged over ‘fertility treatment claims’
KUANTAN: An administrative assistant pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to 32 counts of making false claims on fertility medical treatment worth RM209,233.
Mazuin Zulkifli, 33, made the plea before judge Mohd Ghazali Mohamad Taib yesterday.
She was charged with committing the offences between Oct 10, 2014, and Oct 25, 2017, by submitting the claims with treatment receipts ranging from RM3,243 to RM9,000 at the International Islamic University of Malaysia’s Fertility Centre.
She was alleged to have committed the offences while serving at the Pahang Forestry Department and the Pahang Agriculture Department.
The accused was charged under Section 18 of the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commission (MACC) Act, punishable under Section 24 (2) of the same Act which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of five times the value of the offence committed or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
MACC’s DPP Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry offered bail at RM50,000 in one surety with the condition for the accused to report to the MACC office every month.
Lawyer Datuk Syed Azimal Amir Syed Abu Bakar, however, requested for the amount to be reduced as his client only had a monthly income of RM2,500.
Mohd Ghazali allowed bail at RM15,000 in one surety and set additional conditions for the accused to surrender her passport to the court, as well as to report to the MACC office each month.
The court set April 29 for mention.