The former president of the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) was charged in the Sessions Court here this morning with misappropriating RM26,500 from the local council to pay for maintenance work on his own house.
Datuk Bakaruddin Othman, who is now deputy secretary-general (planning and development) in the Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry, was accused of abusing his position as MPS president to sign off on the expenses for the work on his Batu Caves home.
He had allegedly committed the act between June 2001 and April 2002 at the MPS office during a meeting of the council’s quotation committee.
Bakaruddin, who was not represented, pleaded not guilty.
Judge Asmadi Hussin granted him bail of RM8,000 in one surety.
The court set the case for mention on April 4 where Bakaruddin will be prosecuted by Datuk Abdul Razak Musa from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
If found guilty, he faces a jail sentence of up to 20 years and a fine of at least five times the value of the bribe. - Malaysian Insider
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