SHAH ALAM, Oct 15 — A former director of an education centre at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to two charges of abusing his position to secure employment contracts worth RM3.12 million in 2022.

Datuk Prof Muhammad Hussin, 64, a retiree, entered the plea after the charges were read out before Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin.

According to the charges, Muhammad, a member of Koperasi Siswazah Bangi Berhad (KSBB), allegedly abused his position to secure two contracts worth RM1.2 million and RM1.92 million respectively to manage the Master of Education programme through UKM’s Faculty of Education.

He was accused of influencing KSBB board members at two separate meetings to approve the appointment of QTech Management Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a company in which he purportedly had an interest, as the programme operator.