KUANTAN: Two former civil servants attached to the Pahang state secretary’s office were charged at the sessions court here with 29 counts of performing unauthorised modifications to the contents of the website of the Pahang state honours and awards management system two years ago.
Isa Yusof, 36, and Amer Syafeeq Aziz, 30, who worked as an operations assistant and administrative assistant respectively, pleaded not guilty to the charges after they were read to them before judge Maimoonah Aid.
Isa, from Felda Sungai Panching Timur, here, faced 26 charges that were allegedly committed between Feb 19, 2020, and Oct 12, 2021, at the office.
Amer, who faced three charges, was alleged to have committed the offences between Aug 18, 2021, and Oct 4 this year at the same place.
The duo allegedly committed the offences by using their identification numbers to enter the names of 29 people as recipients of state awards conferred by the Sultan of Pahang into the website’s system, without being authorised to do so.
All these people were actually not listed as recipients of Pahang awards, namely Darjah Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SSAP), which carries the title of “Datuk Seri” and Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), which carries the title of “Datuk”.
Isa and Amer were charged under Section 5(1) of the Computer Crimes Act 1997 and can be punished under Section 5(4) of the same Act, which provides a fine of up to RM100,000 or a maximum jail sentence of seven years, or both, upon conviction.
During mitigation, Isa, who was unrepresented, appealed to the court to reduce the RM10,000 bail offered by the prosecution for each charge on the grounds that he could only afford to raise RM20,000.
Lawyer Noor Azmi Kasani, representing Amer, pleaded for the bail to be reduced as the accused, who is also from Kuantan, was only working part-time after his service was terminated on June 30.
“The accused only earns an income of between RM500 and RM700 per month. His wife is also unemployed and pregnant and they also have another child,” he said.
Maimoonah allowed Isa and Amer bail of RM130,000 and RM15,000 respectively with one surety each, and fixed Feb 13 for mention.
Pahang prosecution director Abdul Ghafar Ab Latif and deputy public prosecutor Fathin Nadhirah Kasim prosecuted. - FMT
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