Ex-airport officer claims trial to cheating tenant for five years

 By Olivia Miwil - April 13, 2021 @ 1:10pm

Abas Tuah, 59, pleaded not guilty to the five charges framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code before Sessions judge Abu Bakar Manat. - NST/file pic.

Abas Tuah, 59, pleaded not guilty to the five charges framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code before Sessions judge Abu Bakar Manat. - NST/file pic.

KOTA KINABALU: A former chief executive officer claimed trial to accepting RM43,000 from a company manager for favours related to the rental of a business site.

Abas Tuah, 59, pleaded not guilty to the five charges framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code before Sessions judge Abu Bakar Manat.

According to the fact sheet, between September and December 2010, the accused who worked at the commercial unit of Malaysia Airport Holding cheated a company manager at a bank branch in Kampung Air, here.

He asked the manager to deposit RM7,000 into the accused's bank account to acquire a business site at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport and also to make rental contract renewals easier.

The following year between January and December, he once again asked the manager for RM11,500 for the same purpose. In 2012, he asked for RM6,000; 2013, RM3,000; and RM15,500 in 2014.

Abas, represented by PJ Pereira, was released on RM12,000 bail with a surety, and was asked to report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office every two months and surrender his passport.

Public prosecutor Clementine Severinus represented the MACC.

The pre-trial case management was fixed on May 24.



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