KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi company manager was fined RM38,000 by the Sessions Court here for using false documents to supply labourers for a bridge replacement project.
Judge Azura Alwi sentenced Md Nazmul Islam Babul, 58, and ordered him to serve 10 months in jail if he failed to pay the fine.
The accused paid the fine immediately after the sentencing.
He pleaded guilty to using a false subcontract agreement letter from Mar Melor Construction and Nieha Enterprise Sdn Bhd.
The document was for providing labourers for the FT067/045/90 Bridge Replacement Project in Baling, Kedah, valued at RM6 million.
The offence was committed at the Immigration Department’s Enforcement Division in Putrajaya on June 8, 2023.
He was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code, read with Section 465 of the same code.
The offence carries a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment or a fine or both.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutor M. Esther Jacyntha requested a proportionate sentence considering the RM6 million project value.
She said the sentence should serve as a lesson to the accused.
Lawyer Hanif Asyraf Mohd Salleh, representing the accused, requested only a fine for his client.
He cited that his client is 58 years old and supports a family. – Bernama
