Jan 13, 2011 - Former Sime Darby Engineering Sdn Bhd senior operations general manager Mohd Zaki Othman has been further slapped with three counts of bribery at two separate Sessions Courts – two charges here and one at Shah Alam.
The two charges here involved watches worth RM92,980 and the one at Shah Alam involved imported furniture worth RM30,600.
Mohd Zaki, 48, pleaded not guilty to all three charges.
On Jan 3, Mohd Zaki claimed trial to two counts of corruption involving furniture and a Rolex watch worth RM55,300 at the Johor Baru Sessions Court.
In the two charges here before Sessions Court judge Rozilah Salleh yesterday, he claimed trial to asking for a bribe in the form of a watch worth RM32,980 from a contractor as payment to assist his oil and gas engineering company in obtaining a letter of award for a sub-contract project.
He was alleged to have committed the offence at The Hour Glass Sdn Bhd premises in Jalan Sultan Ismail here between 1.30pm and 2.30pm on March 13, 2009.
Mohd Zaki faces a second charge of having agreed to accept a bribe in the form of a RM60,000 watch from the same contractor to assist in the approval and expedite the progress payment of a contractor’s claim at the same place at 10am on May 15, 2009.
In the third charge before judge Mat Ghani Abdullah in Shah Alam, he claimed trial to demanding a set of imported furniture worth RM30,600 from an oil and gas company contractor as payment to obtain a letter of intent for a project costing RM23,901,959.
He allegedly committed the offence at the Europe Asia Sdn Bhd furniture shop at Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya, on Nov 28, 2007.
Yesterday, the court here allowed an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Hizween Azleena Othman Kamal for the court to issue a gag order to bar the media from publishing the name and particulars of the complainant and his company on grounds to protect him under the Witness Protection Act.
Pleading for a low bail, his lawyer T. Vijaya Sandran said Mohd Zaki was jobless when his service was terminated last month.
Rozilah set bail at RM20,000 and set Feb 11 for mention pending prosecution making a joint trial application and supply of documents.
At the Shah Alam court, defence council Vijaya Sandran asked for a low bail as Mohd Zaki had already posted a RM20,000 bail at the Kuala Lumpur court for his two other graft charges.
Mat Ghani granted bail at RM10,000 and moved the case to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to be heard with the other charges.
Reported By The Star
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