ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CHAMBERS
PRESS RELEASE
THURSDAY, 21ST AUGUST 2025
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
V
TAN KOK DIN
On the 21st of August 2025, Tan Kok Din, the Head of the Billing Management Section at the
Department of Water Services (DWS), was charged in court before the Honourable
Magistrate Harnita Zelda Skinner.
The Defendant faces six counts of misconduct in a public office under Section 12B of the
Prevention of Corruption Act, Chapter 131. Each charge carries a penalty of a BND 30,000
fine and seven years' imprisonment. He also faces two charges of money laundering under
Section 3(1)(a) of the Criminal Asset Recovery Order, 2012, each punishable with a fine of
up to BND 500,000, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. The Defendant pleaded not
guilty to all charges.
The corruption charges pertain to actions taken during his tenure as the Head of the Billing
Management Section of the DWS between 2015 and 2022, wherein he was responsible for
recommending companies to the Quotation Committee within DWS for the award of DWS
projects. Investigations reveal that the Defendant repeatedly failed to declare his personal
interest in several of the companies that had participated in vying for DWS tender projects.
It was also found that the Defendant benefitted monetarily following the companies’ award
of the DWS tender projects.
During this period, the companies secured DWS contracts worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The money laundering charges arise from funds unlawfully acquired through this scheme.
Investigations uncovered that, on two separate occasions in 2015, the Defendant received
deposits of BND 140,000 and BND 60,000 into his personal bank accounts. These funds were
traced back to the companies involved and were known or reasonably suspected by the
Defendant to be proceeds of his misconduct.
The prosecution was represented by Deputy Public Prosecutors Siti Khalillah Hussin, Nur
Ruzana Adnan and Mohammad Syafi’e Mirhan.
The Defendant was unrepresented and
released on court bail with strict conditions.
The case has been fixed for further mention on 4th September 2025 at 2pm.
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Bahasa Melayu
SIARAN AKHBAR
KHAMIS, 21HB OGOS 2025
PENDAKWA RAYA
LWN
TAN KOK DIN
Pada 21hb Ogos 2025, Tan Kok Din, Ketua Bahagian Pengurusan Bil di Jabatan Perkhidmatan
Air (JPA), telah didakwa di Mahkamah di hadapan Yang Arif Majistret Harnita Zelda Skinner.
Tertuduh menghadapi enam pertuduhan salah laku dalam jawatan Kerajaan
di bawah Bab 12B dari Akta Pencegahan Rasuah, Penggal 131. Setiap pertuduhan membawa
hukuman denda sebanyak BND 30,000 dan penjara selama tujuh tahun. Dia juga
menghadapi dua pertuduhan pembersihan wang haram di bawah Bab 3(1)(a) dari Perintah
Mendapatkan Kembali Aset Jenayah, 2012, setiap pertuduhan boleh dikenakan hukuman
denda sehingga BND 500,000, dihukum penjara sehingga 10 tahun, atau kedua-duanya
sekali. Tertuduh mengaku tidak bersalah terhadap semua pertuduhan.
Pertuduhan rasuah adalah berkaitan dengan tindakan yang dilakukan oleh Tertuduh semasa
dia memegang jawatan Ketua Bahagian Pengurusan Bil di JPA antara tahun 2015 hingga
2022, yang mana dia bertanggungjawab bagi mengesyorkan syarikat-syarikat kepada
Jawatankuasa Sebut Harga di JPA supaya diawardkan projek JPA. Siasatan mendedahkan
bahawa Tertuduh telah berulang kali gagal mengisytiharkan kepentingan peribadinya dalam
beberapa syarikat yang telah mengambil bahagian untuk mendapatkan projek tender JPA.
Tertuduh juga didapati telah menerima faedah dari segi kewangan berikutan pengawardan
projek tender JPA kepada syarikat-syarikat tersebut.
Dalam tempoh tersebut, syarikat-syarikat tersebut telah memperoleh kontrak JPA yang
bernilai berpuluhan ribu ringgit.
Pertuduhan pembersihan wang haram berbangkit daripada dana yang diperoleh dengan
menyalahi undang-undang melalui skim tersebut. Siasatan mendedahkan bahawa, dalam
dua kejadian berasingan pada tahun 2015, Tertuduh menerima deposit berjumlah BND
140,000 dan BND 60,000 yang dimasukkan ke dalam akaun bank peribadinya. Dana
tersebut dikesan berasal daripada syarikat-syarikat yang terlibat dan diketahui atau disyaki
dengan munasabah oleh Tertuduh sebagai hasil daripada salah lakunya.
Pihak pendakwa diwakili oleh Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Siti Khalillah Hussin, Nur Ruzana
Adnan dan Mohammad Syafi’e Mirhan. Manakala Tertidij tidak diwakili dan dilepaskan
dengan jaminan mahkamah dengan dikenakan syarat yang ketat.
Kes ini telah ditetapkan untuk sebutan lanjut pada 4hb September 2025 jam 2 petang.
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