THE former chairman of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation Kuala Lumpur chapter (MCPF KL) and a crime prevention speaker were charged in two separate Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today for criminal breach of trust (CBT) and abetment involving funds totalling RM195,000.

However, Bok Siew Mun, 48, and Saiful Hamiruzzaman Mohd Hazir, 51, both pleaded not guilty after the charges against them were read separately before Judge Hasbullah Adam and Judge Sabariah Othman.

Before Hasbullah, Bok who was then the chairman of MCPF KL, was charged with misappropriating the foundation’s funds by ordering payment via cheques amounting to RM195,000 to Trio Green Hornet Sdn Bhd at a Maybank Berhad branch in Bandar Sri Permaisuri between February 26 and May 31, 2019.

He was charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years and whipping as well as a fine if convicted.

Meanwhile, before Sabariah, Saiful, was charged with abetting Bok to commit the offence by submitting invoices belonging to Trio Green Hornet and signed the foundation’s payment vouchers at the same place and date.

He was charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code and read together with Section 109 of the same law, which provides for the same punishment, if convicted.

The court allowed Bok and Saiful a bail of RM20,000 in one surety each and set April 30 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Afiq Nazrin Zaharin prosecuted while lawyer Vignesh Kumar represented the two accused. – Bernama, March 23, 2021.