KUALA LUMPUR: Another senior official of the Department of Environment (DOE) has been charged at the Sessions Court.
The DOE deputy director-general, Dr Norhazni Mat Sari, 59, was accused of six counts of receiving RM21,000 without consideration in six transactions through her daughter's account.
According to the first until sixth charge sheets, the accused, who was charged in her capacity as the deputy DG, allegedly received the monies - RM1,000; RM1,000; RM2,000; RM2,000; RM5,000; RM10,000 - through transfers into her daughter's account, from a company director whom she knew had links to her official duty.
The offences were allegedly committed at a bank in Bukit Bintang between April 18, 2022, and April 19, 2024.
Norhazni was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code and faces a maximum two-year imprisonment or fine or both, upon conviction.
She pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out to her before Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi.
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