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Trio claim trial in Sabah ‘Watergate’ graft case

Trio claim trial in Sabah ‘Watergate’ graft case

December 29, 2016

Former state director, wife and ministry adviser charged with misappropriating infrastructure funds amounting to RM61.48 million in cash, bank savings and unlawful possession of luxury products.

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KOTA KINABALU: A former Sabah Water Department director, his wife and a state finance ministry technical and engineering adviser pleaded not guilty today to a total of 37 counts of misappropriating infrastructure funds amounting to RM61.48 million in cash and bank savings as well as unlawfully possessing luxury products.

The 54-year-old former director, Ag Mohd Tahir Mohd Talib, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to 12 counts of misappropriating infrastructure funds amounting to RM56.9 million and unlawfully possessing various branded wrist watches and vehicles.

He also pleaded not guilty with his wife, Fauziah Piut, 51, to two counts of unlawfully possessing jewellery, while Fauziah was charged with 19 more offences of unlawfully possessing jewellery and luxury bags as well as a total of RM2.2 million in various bank accounts.

Technical and engineering adviser Lim Lam Peng, 62, currently suspended from his post, claimed trial to three counts of possessing a total of RM2.38 million in cash and unlawfully possessing a vehicle.


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