ALOR SETAR, Oct 8 (Bernama) -- A company director was charged at the Sessions Court here today with two counts of submitting false documents in a tender application to the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) earlier this year, while his father, who is the managing director of the same company, was charged with abetting him.
Muhammad Fadzil Md Fadzilah, 30, and his father Md Fadzillah Ariffin, 66, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out separately before Judge N Priscilla Hemamalini.
Muhammad Fadzil, as director of Taaveekun Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, was accused of providing an agent who was the chairman of MADA's Tender Opening Committee with a document entitled 'Financial Data (Document No. 11)' containing false financial details.
The document stated that his company was eligible for a RM7 million fixed loan, an RM8 million Letter of Credit and a RM15 million Insurance Guarantee, when the company was alleged to have never been granted such facilities by Permodalan RISDA Berhad.
He was charged with committing the offence at MADA's Kota Setar district office at 2.30 pm on Jan 11, under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, punishable under Section 24(2) of the same Act, which provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the false particulars or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
Muhammad Fadzil was also charged with using a document, namely a letter from the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA) dated Jan 6, 2026, which was allegedly false, attached to a tender application to supply, deliver and distribute padi fertiliser in the Muda Area for the requirements of the 2026 Season 1 and Season 2 crops, on Jan 11 at MADA Kota Setar.
The charge was framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code, punishable under Section 465 of the same Code, which provides for a jail term of up to two years, or a fine, or both, upon conviction.
Meanwhile, his father faced two charges of abetting the commission of the same offences under Section 28(1)(c) of the MACC Act 2009, read together with Sections 18 and 471.
The court allowed Muhammad Fadzil and his father to be released on RM20,000 bail with one surety each for both charges and set Nov 1 for mention.
The prosecution was conducted by MACC Deputy Public Prosecutor M Kalaivaanan, while both accused were represented by lawyer Fahmi Adilah.
The media had previously reported that MACC Kedah detained a managing director of a fertiliser supply company over the delayed distribution of additional compound fertiliser (Fertiliser 3) to padi farmers in Kedah.
-- BERNAMA