LABUAN: A company manager pleaded guilty at the Special Corruption Court for using a forged document to obtain claim payment from Labuan's Malaysian Immigration Department.
Benjamin Talah,51, pleaded guilty to an alternative charge before Sessions Court judge Jason Juga.
The charge stated that Benjamin had used a fake document: a claim of 'supply and install organisation chart' worth RM850.
He submitted the forged document through E-Perolehan on March 19, 2018, at the Labuan Immigration Office. However, the job was never done.
The offence under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 465 of the same Code provides a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both upon conviction.
The court, however, adjourned the sentencing to Feb 16, 2024, pending facts of the case.
The unrepresented accused was released on bail of RM8,000, with RM1,000 to be deposited with a local surety pending disposal of the case.
Prosecuting officer Joe Randy Juster from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuted.