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KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 28 — A former council member of the Terengganu Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (Maidam) and his wife were fined RM10,000 and RM16,000 respectively by the Kuala Terengganu Sessions Court today after being found guilty of accepting bribes and submitting false claims related to zakat distribution.
Judge Mohd Azhar Othman sentenced Datuk Mohamad Zahari Harun, 64, and his wife Lydia Irmawati Mahmud, 41, after they pleaded guilty to all alternative charges read out to them separately.
Mohamad Zahari faced one alternative charge, while Lydia Irmawati, who owns the zakat collection company Amcare Agency, faced four alternative charges.
Based on the alternative charge against Mohamad Zahari, he was found guilty under Section 26 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 for accepting RM5,500 in cash from his wife on July 15, 2020, at Maidam.
For three alternative charges against Lydia Irmawati, she was found guilty of deceiving the assistant accountant of the Maidam Zakat Management Division regarding zakat repayment claims totaling RM3,063.
All offences under Section 417 of the Penal Code were committed between December 2020 and September 2021 at the Maidam Zakat Management Division Office, here.
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