V Meenaloshini was granted bail of RM10,000 with one surety at the sessions court in Shah Alam.
SHAH ALAM:
A prosecution witness in a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) case has been charged with three counts of providing inconsistent statements related to a probe into Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) funds to the investigating officer.
V Meenaloshini, 35, pleaded not guilty before sessions court judge Nasir Nordin.
She was accused of making a statutory declaration before commissioner for oaths Amer Hamzah Ali in Gombak on Dec 20, 2023, which contradicted statements she gave to an MACC investigating officer at the agency’s headquarters on Jan 24, 2022.
The same statutory declaration allegedly contained another statement that conflicted with her testimony to the officer on Jan 25, 2022.
According to the third charge, she made an additional contradictory statement in the same statutory declaration, differing from what she had told the officer on Jan 24, 2022.
She was charged under Section 27(2) of the MACC Act 2009 with making statements with the intention to mislead the commission and the public prosecutor.
The section carries a penalty of up to 10 years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to RM100,000, or both, upon conviction.
Nasir granted her bail of RM10,000 with one surety and ordered her to surrender her passport and report to the nearest MACC office once a month.
Deputy public prosecutor Maziah Mohaidi prosecuted while K Kanagavalli represented the accused.
The court set April 30 for the submission of documents.
2025-03-26T16:00:00Z
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