Marine DG charged with deceiving predecessor with fake letter


SHAH ALAM: A top tier civil servant was charged at the Sessions Court here Thursday (Aug 1) for deceiving his then superior into issuing some documentation four years ago.

Current Marine Department director-general Capt Mohamad Halim Ahmed was accused of tricking his predecessor Datuk Baharin Abdul Hamid at the Marine Department headquarters in Port Klang on Oct 27, 2020.

Mohamad Halim had allegedly deceived Baharin into issuing exemption letters to shipping companies to bring in heavy grade oil into Malaysian waters.

He had allegedly induced Baharin to do so by providing a letter purportedly from the Transport Ministry stating that the minister had made the decision to continue the exemption given to the companies to bring heavy grade oil into Malaysian waters.

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