Influencer maintains not guilty plea to donation misappropriation charges

 

On Sept 23, Hazalif Hazani and his wife Aisyah Hijanah Azhari were charged in the Shah Alam sessions court with 10 counts of misappropriating funds amounting to RM1.52 million collected for charitable activities. (Bernama pic)

SHAH ALAM: 

Social media influencer Hazalif Hazani, popularly known as Alif Teega, maintained his not guilty plea in the sessions court here to two counts of misappropriating over RM60,000 raised for two charity programmes this year.

Hazalif, 30, made the plea when the charges were read out to him again before judge Nasir Nordin.

According to the first charge, he is accused of dishonestly misappropriating RM36,047.35 in donations intended for iftar programmes in Mecca, Syria and Palestine. He is alleged to have committed the offence at a bank in Jalan Kerinci, Gerbang Kerinci Lestari, on April 26.

On the second charge, Hazalif is alleged to have dishonestly misappropriated RM27,558.13 intended for the Jom! Sertai Infaq Daging Qurban programme at the same bank on June 15.

Both charges were brought under Section 403 of the Penal Code for dishonest misappropriation of property, which carries a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment, whipping and a fine upon conviction.

The two charges were read out again after the Kuala Lumpur sessions court allowed an application by deputy public prosecutor Julaila Jamaludin on Oct 21 for the case to be heard jointly with 10 other charges against Hazalif, and for bail amounting to RM50,000 to be extended.

On Sept 23, Hazalif and his wife Aisyah Hijanah Azhari, 26, were charged in the Shah Alam sessions court with 10 counts of misappropriating funds amounting to RM1.52 million collected for charitable activities, including food for the poor in Mecca and Madinah, aid for flood victims in Kelantan and Terengganu and Raya clothing for orphans.

Earlier in today’s proceedings, Julaila requested that the Nov 27 date set for the submission of documents be maintained and that the RM50,000 bail imposed on Hazalif be extended.

Lawyer Shahrullah Khan, representing Hazalif, did not object to the request.

Nasir then allowed all the prosecution’s applications. - FMT