Former Sabah official pleads not guilty to 146 charges of embezzlement of S$10.5m in public funds

December 14, 2017 8:20 AM

KOTA KINABALU – A former deputy director with Sabah Water Department has claimed trial to 146 counts of misappropriation of public funds totalling RM32 million (S$10.5million), the latest prosecution from a massive graft scandal dubbed “Sabah Watergate”.

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