Kota Kinabalu: A 54-year-old self-employed man was on Friday fined RM80,000 or six months jail for using as genuine a fake document to obtain a tender to supply and deliver multiple toners to the State National Registration Department (SNRD).
Sessions Court Judge Abu Bakar Manat ordered Koh Mui Huck to pay the fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Koh admitted to using the fake document, a Lexmark East Malaysia Distributor letter dated June 6, 2017 as genuine, so that he can obtain the tender to supply and deliver the multiple Lexmark toners to SNRD.
He committed the offence at SNRC office, here on June 7, 2017.
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 465 of the same Code carries a jail term of up to two years or fine or both, on conviction. Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Dzulkarnain Rousan Hasbi while Koh was represented by counsel Chong Kian Ming.
Koh paid the fine.
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