KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – Social media influencer, Mohd Hazalif Mohd Hazani, also known as Alif Teega, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court Friday on two counts of misappropriating over MYR60,000 raised for two infaq (charity) programmes in April and June this year.
Mohd Hazalif, 30, pleaded not guilty to both charges read before Judge Azura Alwi.
For the first charge, he is accused of dishonestly misappropriating MYR36,047.35 in donations intended for infaq iftar in Mecca, Syria, and Palestine at a bank on Jalan Kerinci, Gerbang Kerinci Lestari, on April 26.
On the second charge, he is accused of dishonestly misappropriating MYR27,558.13 intended for the Jom! Sertai Infaq Daging Qurban programme at the same bank on June 15.
Both charges were brought under Section 403 of the Penal Code (Act 574), which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment, caning, and a fine, upon conviction.
Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh proposed bail between MYR50,000 and MYR100,000 for both charges, with additional conditions that he surrender his passport and report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya once a month.
Mohd Hazalif’s lawyer, Mohd Sharullah Khan, requested a lower bail, citing that his client supports his family and that all his assets have been frozen by the MACC.
The court granted bail at MYR50,000 with one surety for all charges, agreed to the prosecution’s conditions, and set Oct 21 for case mention.
