Military Academy Leaders Charged With Misappropriating Rm920k

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A senior army officer and a former commandant were charged with two counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and property misappropriation in connection with a nonexistent investment scheme amounting to RM920,000.
Lieutenant Colonel Azman Mohamed Yasin, who is the director of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)'s Military Training Academy and army retiree Brigadier-General Mohamad Adkaa Solahuddin pleaded not guilty.
They were charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court before judge Mahyon Talib.
On the charges, Azman and Adka, who were charged in their capacity as director and commandant at the academy, were alleged to have committed CBT by approving payments of RM500,000 and RM420,000 belonging to the Academy Welfare Fund for investment through an unregistered finance institution.
The offences were allegedly committed at the academy at UPNM, Kem Perdana Sungai Besi, between Aug 3 and Sept 23, 2016.
The charges were framed under Section 409 of the Penal Code and they face imprisonment for up to 20 years, whipping, and shall also be liable to a fine if found guilty.

They also faced an alternative charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code with dishonest misappropriation of the money at the same place and time.
The charge provides an imprisonment of up to five years, with whipping, and a fine, if found guilty.
The court allowed both of them bail of RM80,000 in one surety each and to report themselves at the nearest MACC office on the first day of every month pending disposal of the case.
They were also ordered to surrender their passports to the court.
Meanwhile, Adka was allowed to pay the balance of the bail on or before Dec 7 after his lawyer, Nur Asyikin Zakaria, told the court that her client could only manage to raise RM15,000 for the bail today.

Azman, represented by lawyer Mohd Amir Aizat Abdul Rani, requested for a low bail, saying that he had no other source of income, except his salary as director of the academy.
Deputy public prosecutor Nur Shafini Mustafha prosecuted.
The court set Dec 22 for mention.
- Bernama

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