KUALA LUMPUR: A former chief executive officer of an automotive institute was sentenced to one year in prison and fined RM100,000 for fraudulently securing an RM6.4mil automotive training contract and receiving RM5mil in cash between 2019 and 2021.
The two Sessions Courts ordered both prison sentences against the former CEO of the Malaysian Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) Datuk Mohamad Madani Sahari, to run concurrently from yesterday.
In the first case, judge Rozina Ayob sentenced Mohamad Madani, 57, to one year in prison and fined him RM100,000 after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of deceiving MARii’s board of directors (BOD) into believing that LPS Learning Platform’s contract price was RM6.4mil when it was actually RM2.3mil.
His actions led the board to award a RM6.4mil contract to the company, appointing it as a training provider for the central, east coast, southern, Sabah and Sarawak regions.
Rozina also ordered the accused to serve an additional three-month prison term if he failed to settle the fine.
The offences were committed at a hotel at Jalan Stesen Sentral Dua here on Dec 14, 2019.
He was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which carries between one and 10 years of imprisonment, with a fine and caning, upon conviction.
Separately, judge Suzana Hussin sentenced him to one year in prison and ordered the confiscation of his assets worth RM3.4mil after he pleaded guilty to another alternative charge of receiving RM5mil in cash from a 49-year-old man at a bank in Section 15, Shah Alam, on July 8, 2021.
He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum imprisonment of two years, a fine, or both.
However, the 41 initial main charges under Section 403 and Section 420 of the Penal Code, Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, and Section 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 against Mohamad Madani were taken into consideration under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code. — Bernama
