Ex-Sabah Finance Ministry staff charged with corruption

Justice. Judge hammer on the table

KOTA KINABALU: An auditor and a retired administrative assistant have been charged with corruption amounting to RM780,000 in 2014 and 2015, involving falsification of sales tax statements amongst other things.

The accused, Zulfikar Khomeini Asli, 44, and Mat Salleh @ Awang Sapong Sapong, 67, both pleaded not guilty to the charges read before them at the Special Corruptions Court here yesterday.