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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Director General of the Defense Intelligence Division in the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General (Rtd) Sheikh Moksin Hassan, and two senior officers of the Malaysian Armed Forces were indicted in the Court of Sessions here today to request and accept bonuses in connection with the award of projects of the Ministry of Defense to a company.
Sheikh Moksin, 59, faces seven charges, while Lieutenant Colonel Che Ahmad Idris, 54, and Brigadier General Mohammed Feizol Anuar Ayob, 50, face five charges each.
They pleaded not guilty after the charges were read separately before Judge Sabariah Othman.
Che Ahmad was charged in his capacity as then head of the Strategic Cyber Warfare Branch of requesting and accepting to accept RM500,000 as a bonus, as well as three counts of accepting RM105,000 from the managing director of the FEHM Sdn Bhd entity, Elias Jemadi Tajudin , as an incentive to appoint the company through direct negotiation to perform maintenance services in the division.
He was charged with committing the crimes at Kompleks Perumahan Tunku Osman Jewa, Kementah, here between September 2019 and April 7, 2020.
Meanwhile, Feizol was charged in his capacity as then military adviser to the Minister of Defense, with five counts of accepting a total of RM128,000 from Elias through FEHM entity executive director Hishamuddin Johari and project manager Nurin Nazwa Elias Jemadi as an incentive for him. Help submit a company letter of intent to be a strategic partner and contractor for the maintenance of intelligence equipment in the Defense Intelligence Division.
The crimes were allegedly committed in the parking lot of Masjid Khalid Al-Walid, Kementah, in the parking lot of Dorsett Residences Sri Hartamas, and in front of the offices of the FEHM entity located in Wangsa Maju and Persiaran Bukit Melawati, here between October 30 2019 and June 24, 2020.
Sheikh Moksin was charged, in his capacity as then head of the Defense Intelligence Division, of requesting and agreeing to accept RM1 million in bonus, as well as four counts of accepting a total of RM266,000 from Elias Jemadi as an incentive for him to pass a Proposal to appoint the FEHM entity through direct negotiation of maintenance services in the Defense Intelligence Division.
He allegedly committed the crimes at Havana Club, Hotel Concorde, the Defense Intelligence Division Office of the Ministry of Defense, and at HairDoc Medical Publica, Solaris Dutamas, here between June 20, 2019 and June 5, 2020.
He was also accused of accepting RM50,000 from Syed Omar Mohamad as an incentive to appoint Malvus Sense Sdn Bhd to carry out procurement, supply, delivery, training and accreditation for two special systems at the Defense Intelligence Division on June 26. .
All charges were framed under Section 16 (a) (B) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act, which provides prison terms of up to 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the amount of the requested bonus, or RM10,000, whichever is greater, if convicted.
The court granted the three defendants bail each on bail, with Che Ahmad at RM80,000, Feizol at RM60,000 and Sheikh Moksin at RM110,000. All of them were also ordered to hand over their passports to the court and report to the nearest MACC office once a month.
The court set November 27 for the mention and presentation of documents.
The prosecution was handled by Assistant Prosecutors Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir, Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Abd Rahman, and Siti Noor Hafizan Zakaria, while attorneys Gooi Soon Seng, Azrul Zulkifli Stork, and PG Cyril Ahmad represented Che Ahmad, Feizol, and Sheikh Moksin. , respectively.
