School worker jailed for misappropriating over $41k from pupils

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The money was collected from children and was meant for Children's Day celebrations, co-curricular activities (CCA) and school trips. Instead, it went into the pocket of a pregnant administrative worker from the school. Yesterday, Siti Rafeah Abd Hamid, 44, who was a...

Siti was found out in July last year when the school could not pay a CCA vendor as there were insufficient funds in the school's account.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Deborah Lee said Siti made full restitution and asked for a sentence of four months. In mitigation, Siti's lawyer T.M. Sinnadurai told the court she was married with five children, with the youngest just eight months old.In response to queries from The New Paper yesterday, the Ministry of Education said Siti is on no-pay leave.

"MOE takes a serious view of staff misconduct and will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against those who fail to adhere to our standards of conduct and discipline," said the spokesman.It is also tightening the billing and collections processes in schools.

 

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