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Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Former oil and gas exec fined RM100,000 over false claims - New Straits Times

KUANTAN: A former oil and gas company executive was slapped with a RM100,000 fine by the Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of submitting false invoices for the purchase of fire and safety equipment worth RM41,760 two years ago.

Mohd Hafez Manap, 38, was the fire and emergency response executive at the company. The court also took into consideration nine other alternative charges against Hafez under Section 171(A) of the Criminal Procedure Code .

Judge Datuk Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain ordered the father of two to serve two months' jail if he failed to pay the fine.

In the fourth alternative charge, Hafez pleaded guilty to having used an invoice for RM41,760 with false details for payment at his company's office in the Gebeng Industrial area here on March 11, 2021.

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The charge, under Section 471 of the Penal Code, provides for a jail term of up to two years or a fine or both upon conviction. The original charges were under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act.

For the remaining nine alternative charges, Hafez admitted to submitting invoices containing false information to obtain payment for the delivery of fire...



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