She is accused of receiving over RM9,000 for home repairs
SHAH ALAM: Already facing several prior charges, Department of Environment (DOE) deputy director-general (Development) Dr Norhazni Mat Sari (pic) has been slapped with a fresh charge of accepting RM9,110 for home repairs in 2022.
Norhazni, 59, claimed trial when charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court here yesterday for allegedly receiving the payment from a director of a scheduled waste management company.
The money was transferred online to the account of a construction company linked to her official duties.
The offence allegedly occurred at a bank in Taman Sentosa, Klang, on May 25, 2022.
Norhazni was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum two-year jail term, a fine or both upon conviction, Bernama reported.
Deputy public prosecutor Muaz Ahmad Khairuddin requested that the court maintain Norhazni’s bail, which was granted by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on April 3.
He also requested that the present case be tried together with her previous charges, subject to the defence’s consent.
Norhazni’s lawyer, Haresh Mahadevan, did not object to the prosecution’s application and informed the court that the case mention at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has been fixed for May 19.
Sessions Court judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin allowed the case to be tried jointly, and ordered that the bail and conditions set by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court be maintained.
For her previous cases, Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi granted the accused bail of RM25,000 with one surety for all charges, with the additional condition that her passport be surrendered to the court.
Last Friday, Norhazni pleaded not guilty to six charges of receiving RM21,000 from a scheduled waste management company four years ago.
She is accused of receiving the money via online transfers into her son’s bank account, knowing that the company’s director had dealings connected to her official duties.
