Junaidi Abdul Rahman and Albina Ogor Abdullah, who are  the former CEO and executive director of a petroleum trading company, respectively, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them separately before judge Jason Juga, Bernama reported.

Junaidi, 63, is accused of fraudulently using fake documents, specifically Petron Oil (M) Sdn Bhd delivery tickets, to claim payments from SESB for 260,000 litres of diesel, with a total value of RM655,512, to the petroleum trading company.

Albina, 50, is accused of abetting Junaidi in the 15 charges.

Both were alleged to have committed the offences at the Tawau power station on Jalan Kuhara between April 8 and April 11, 2013.

Junaidi was charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code for using forged documents, and Albina under Section 109 of the Penal Code for abetment, read together with Section 471 of the same Act.

Both are punishable under Section 465 of the Penal Code, which carries a punishment of up to two years in prison, a fine, or both, upon conviction.

The prosecution was conducted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission prosecuting officer Norsham Saharom, who was assisted by MACC deputy public prosecutor Nurul Izzati.

Junaidi and Albina were unrepresented.

The judge set bail at RM10,000 each in one surety and fixed case mention for Dec 3 at the Kota Kinabalu sessions court.

The court also ordered both accused not to interfere with prosecution witnesses and to report to the MACC office every two months pending conclusion of the case.

They were also ordered to surrender their passports to the court.