Well it seems like a bunch of cheating charges have put former MARii CEO in prison
A former chief executive officer of an automotive institute was sentenced to one year in jail and fined RM100,000 by two Sessions Courts today on charges of cheating to obtain an automotive training contract worth RM6.4 million and obtain RM5 million in cash in 2019 and 2021.
The court ordered the two prison sentences against the former Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii), Datuk Mohamad Madani Sahari to run concurrently from today.
Moreover, Mohamad Madani, 57, before Judge Rozina Ayob, was sentenced to one year in prison and fined RM100,000 after he changed his plea to guilty on a charge of defrauding MARii’s board of directors by deceiving them into believing that the price offered by the LPS Learning Platform company was RM6.4 million while the actual price offered is RM2.3 million.
The act prompted the board of directors to award a contract worth RM6.4 million to the LPS Learning Platform company by approving the company’s proposed appointment as a training provider for the Central Region, East Coast, South as well as Sabah and Sarawak at a total contract price of RM6.4 million.
Judge Rozina also ordered the accused to serve three months in prison if he fails to pay the fine. The offence was committed in a meeting room at a hotel on Jalan Stesen Sentral Dua between 10.50am to 3.35pm, 14 Dec 2019 in accordance with Section 420 of the Penal Code which carries a minimum sentence of one year in prison and a maximum of 10 years and caning and a fine, if convicted.
On top of that, Mohamad Madani, before Judge Suzana Hussin, was sentenced to jail for a year and his property of RM3.4 million was forfeited after pleading guilty to another optional charge of obtaining RM5 million in cash for himself from a 49-year-old man on the instructions of another 38-year-old man in a bank in Section 15, Shah Alam on 8 July 2021.
The charge comes under Section 165 of the Penal Code which provides for a maximum prison sentence of two years or a fine or both.
However, the 41 main charges are under Section 403 of the Penal Code and Section 420 of the same code as well as Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act and Section 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Illegal Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA) that Mohamad Madani faced was previously considered as ‘take into consideration’ (TIC) under Section 171A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The case was handled by Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Chin How, Mohd Asraf Mohd Tahir, Haresh Prakash Somiah, Nurul Atiqah Mohd Alias and Noor Syafina Mohd Radzuan while the accused was represented by lawyers Azizul Shariman and Ariff Azami Hussein.
