RM8.8m false claims: Two execs charged
> Duo used fake papers to obtain payment from Petronas for pipe project
KUALA LUMPUR: A project director and company manager were yesterday charged in the High Court here for submitting false claims in relation to a pipe maintenance project awarded to Petronas.
Tan Tian Hock, 61, and Lim Ooi Hwa, 48, were jointly charged for making the RM8.8 million false claims.
When the charges were read, both pleaded not guilty.
Tan, director of Syarikat Algotech (M) Sdn Bhd and Lim, a manager with Algotech were charged with submitting a set of documents “Change Proposal/ Change Order” dated June 10, 2013, amounting to RM7 million to Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd’s project manager, Ahmad Ridzuan Zainal Abidin, which contained false material.
Their actions caused Petronas Gas Berhad to make payment a of RM7 million to Algotech in 2013.
They were alleged to have committed the offence at Petronas Gas’s office at Tower 1, Petronas Twin Tower on June 14, 2013.
Sessions judge Azura Alwi granted RM400,000 bail with two sureties and ordered their passports to be surrendered to the court. The duo also have to report to the Malaysian AntiCorruption Commissions (MACC) office once a month and June 5 was fixed for mention.
In another sessions court, Tan was charged with three counts of accepting a RM330,000 bribe from two separate companies as payment to award project (contract) works.
The offences were allegedly committed at a bank in Plaza Damansara, between May 27, 2011 and Dec 7, 2012.
Meanwhile, Lim also faced 15 charges of accepting bribes of RM1,087,500 from five different companies as payment to award project works.
The offences were allegedly committed at two different banks in Damansara and Kepong, between July 28, 2011 and Dec 3, 2012.
Tan was granted RM100,000 bail for the three charges by sessions judge Madihah Harullah while Lim was granted RM500,000 bail in cash or by submitting his property (grant).
Earlier, DPP Ahmad Akram Gharib said he objected to the granting of bail as it was a nonbailable offence.
In SHAH ALAM, a former senior general manager of Malaysian Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) was charged in the sessions court with four counts of deceiving MAHB by using the company’s official credit card for personal use last year amounting to RM18,500.
Shamsuri Md Isa ( pix), 41, had pleaded not guilty to four charges under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 that makes it an offence to deceive through false receipts or other documents.
For the first three charges, Shamsuri had deceived MAHB by using three credit card forms and a personal claims form that contained false details.
The forms confirmed that he had used credit cards meant for MAHB official purposes for personal reasons in the form of beauty treatments at a clinic.