Saturday, July 6, 2013

Senior Petronas officers charged with bribery and money laundering

Idris M. Shuhud (M) at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on July 5, 2013. BERNAMA
Two Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) senior managers pleaded not guilty to accepting bribes amounting to RM403,000 and RM23,000 respectively. 
 
Idris M. Shuhud, 47, senior manager of a pipe replacement project allegedly purchased and renovated his house in Bandar Tun Hussein, Cheras with the RM403,000 bribe he received from Penaga Orbit and Genius Response director Kamaruddin Mohd Daud in return for approving Technical Bids Evaluation, Commercial Bids Evaluatian and Services Completion Certificates. 

Idris, who was a senior manager at the Hook-Up Commisioning, Development Division of Petronas at the time, allegedly committed the offence in Kuala Lumpur between March 5, 2009 and Jan 20, 2012. 

He was charged under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act (MACC) 2009 which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of five times the bribe or RM10,000 whichever is higher. 

Idris also pleaded not guilty to four counts of money laundering amounting to RM385,000 through several cheques and cash deposits during the same period.

He faces up to RM5 million in fine, a five year jail term or both upon conviction under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001. 

Deputy Public Prosecutors Afifah Mamat@Yusof and Mohd Farez Rahman appeared for the prosecution. 

Judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain set bail at RM15,000 with one surety for each count and fixed Aug 1 for mention pending the appointment of a defence counsel. 

Meanwhile in the same court, customer risk management senior manager Ishak Yusof, 47, pleaded not guilty to three counts of accepting RM23,000 in bribes as an incentive to supply 125 tankers of liquified natural gas to Erision Chem Sdn Bhd. 

He allegedly committed the offences in Kuala Lumpur between Aug 27 and Sept 19, 2008.
Ishak was charged under Section 11(a) of the Anti Corruption Act 1997 which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000 whichever is higher. 

Deputy Public Prosecutor Kevin Morais prosecuted while lawyer Jasvinder Jit Singh represented Ishak. 

Judge Ahmad Zamzani set bail at RM8,000 with one surety for each count and impounded his passport. Mention is on Aug 2. – Bernama

2 comments:

hezel said...

tanjung offshore suspends tan sri tan kean soon, read about it at the star. it was even announced in bursa.

petronas gave business to a royalty arm without realising they created a monster that lurks behind people's back and stab all parties for money and power.

if corruption is what you seek: you are looking at tan kean soon.

naruwan said...

Good! all this people have too much power and money, but the problem is power and money is never enough for them, catch all this people, make our country a better place