Datuk Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, 47, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge Awang Kerisnada
Awang Mahmud. — Reuters pic
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Monday, 16 Oct 2023 2:40 PM MYT
SHAH ALAM, Oct 16 — The former director-general of the Malaysian Institute of Road
Safety Research (Miros) was charged in the Sessions Court here today on four counts of
falsifying documents on the quotation of several vehicles for its collision tests.
Datuk Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, 47, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge
Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud.
He was charged with falsifying the quotation documents from several companies for the
supply of 16 cars from Thailand to the Miros Crash Test Laboratory in Bukit Katil, Ayer
Keroh, Melaka, with the intention of using them as genuine.
The offence was allegedly committed at a premises in Taman Kajang Sentral, Kajang, near
here on July 24, 2017.
The charges were framed under Section 468 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment
for up to seven years and a fine, if convicted.
Khairil Anwar was allowed bail of RM50,000 with one surety and also ordered to surrender
his passport to the court, as well as report himself at the Putrajaya Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission (MACC) office on the first working day of every month.
He was also not allowed to make contact with any witnesses in the case and to have access to
computers and documents at Miros.
The court set November 21 for mention.
Deputy public prosecutor from MACC Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry prosecuted, while
lawyer Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent represented the accused. — Bernama
Awang Mahmud. — Reuters pic
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Monday, 16 Oct 2023 2:40 PM MYT
SHAH ALAM, Oct 16 — The former director-general of the Malaysian Institute of Road
Safety Research (Miros) was charged in the Sessions Court here today on four counts of
falsifying documents on the quotation of several vehicles for its collision tests.
Datuk Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, 47, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before Judge
Awang Kerisnada Awang Mahmud.
He was charged with falsifying the quotation documents from several companies for the
supply of 16 cars from Thailand to the Miros Crash Test Laboratory in Bukit Katil, Ayer
Keroh, Melaka, with the intention of using them as genuine.
The offence was allegedly committed at a premises in Taman Kajang Sentral, Kajang, near
here on July 24, 2017.
The charges were framed under Section 468 of the Penal Code which provides imprisonment
for up to seven years and a fine, if convicted.
Khairil Anwar was allowed bail of RM50,000 with one surety and also ordered to surrender
his passport to the court, as well as report himself at the Putrajaya Malaysian Anti-Corruption
Commission (MACC) office on the first working day of every month.
He was also not allowed to make contact with any witnesses in the case and to have access to
computers and documents at Miros.
The court set November 21 for mention.
Deputy public prosecutor from MACC Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry prosecuted, while
lawyer Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent represented the accused. — Bernama