IPOH, Nov. 17 -- A former Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) assistant engineer pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here to a charge of cheating a tender evaluation committee of a cable line project worth over RM4.3 million in August, 2016.

Judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi ordered Zamhuri Ahmad Shatiry, 51, to pay a fine of RM150,000, in default six months jail, after being found guilty.

He was charged under Section 415 of the Penal Code for cheating, and punishable under Section 417 of the same Code, to which he pleaded guilty.

The offence carries imprisonment of up to five years, a fine, or both.

Zamhuri committed the offence at TNB's Kinta District Energy Distribution Division's meeting room on August 1, 2016.

According to the charge,...