IPOH: Former Perak Corp Bhd group chief executive officer Datuk Aminuddin Md Desa pleaded not guilty to committing corruption involving more than RM455,000.
Aminuddin, 57, claimed trial in the Sessions Court here after the charge was read out to him before judge S. Indera Nehru yesterday.
In the charge sheet, Aminuddin had allegedly between Jan 17 and July 3, 2017, received a bribe of RM455,660 from a contractor, as a payment to construct his bungalow in Hulu Kinta near here.
He is accused of receiving the payment from one Chua Kim Weng, the director of Uni-poh Construction Works Sdn Bhd, with the knowledge that the company was linked to Aminuddin’s official duties involving the contract of the main infrastructure and other works at Bandar Meru Raya 2.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Public Bank branch in Jalan Sultan Idris Shah.
If convicted under Section 165 of the Penal Code, he could be jailed up to two years, fined or both.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s deputy public prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh offered bail at RM20,000 in one surety.
Aminuddin’s lawyer Najmi Dawami Abdul Hamid asked for the bail to be set at RM15,000, saying that his client had seven children to support.
Indera allowed bail at RM15,000 in one surety.
The court also ordered him to surrender his passport.
The case is fixed for mention on Feb 22. Aminuddin managed to post bail.
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