A former welfare officer at Sultan Mohammad Jamalul Alam Secondary School pleaded not guilty yesterday to committing criminal breach of trust involving B$2,898 in monthly students allowance that was to be paid to eligible students of the school.
Hj Kamis bin Hj Gadong, 62, appeared before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate's Court yesterday, unrepresented.
The defendant denied committing the offence at the school sometime between September 2001 and June 2002, an offence that is punishable under Section 406 of the Penal Code, Chapter 22.
If found guilty, the defendant faces imprisonment for a term that may extend to five years with a fine.
The defendant who is also preferred with an alternative charge that carries a lesser sentence, also pleaded not guilty to that charge.
He was alternatively charged with dishonestly misappropriating a total sum of $2,898, being the monthly Students' Living Support Allowance (Elaun Tunjangan Hidup Penuntut) that was due to eligible students of the school, sometime between September 2001 and June 2002, an offence under Section 403 of the Penal Code, Cap 22.
The offence carries an imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or a fine, or both.
The trial will commence in April next year.
DPP Hjh Anifa Rafiza binti Hj Abd Ghani will be producing 40 to 45 witnesses during the trial, while two witnesses will appear for the defendant.
Pending trial, the defendant is released on court bail of $5,000 or two local sureties.
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