School supervisor freed when prosecution fail prima facie test
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — An officer at the Seremban district education office was acquitted and discharged without his defence being called by the Seremban Sessions Court today on three counts of corruption.
V.Selvam, 55, a primary school senior supervisor, was alleged to have deceived the Negeri Sembilan Education Department by submitting two false claims on food and beverages for three school activities on Sept 14, 2004.
He was alleged to have used documents on government orders and invoices from a canteen operator to submit claims for RM4,900.
The claims were for food and beverages supplied at three courses for teachers, namely “kursus profesionalisma guru penolong kanan 1 dan guru HEM Sekolah Rendah Daerah Seremban”, “kursus profesionalisma guru-guru Panitia sekolah” at the same school and “kursus profesionalisma Kelimuan GPK 1”, all of which, were alleged, did not exist.
Judge Kamarudin Kamsun ruled that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Selvam because the canteen operator testified that the food and beverages were provided at the three school activities.
Based on the testimony by the canteen operator, there was no element of false claims by Selvam, he added.
Selvam was represented by lawyers Haresh Mahadevan and Ramzani Idris, while deputy public prosecutor Nasrul Nizam prosecuted. — Bernama
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1) The teacher, Mr Selvam did defend himself by having strong testimony from the canteen operator... So, what happen was just misundertanding? One thing for sure... His name and his credibility as senior teacher has strongly been turnished.
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