Five Sabah civil servants plead not guilty to false claim charges

Alif (left, with facemask) leaving with his lawyer after being charged for making a false claim.

KOTA KINABALU: Five state government officers have been charged in the Special Corruption Court here on Tuesday (July 18) with making false claims on their transfer cost to various districts amounting to RM61,500.

Sabah Town and Regional Planning Department officers Ady Said, 38; Myron Masing, 40; Alif Abdul Fatah, 35; Mohd Effendi Awang Damit, 31; and Rozidah Samudin, 52; pleaded not guilty to the charges framed under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009.