Pemecatan kakitangan agensi kerajaan Selangor bocor maklumat kepada Chegubard kekal

The Johor government's agency, Yayasan Selangor, has upheld its decision to dismiss an employee, Khairi Salleh, for leaking sensitive company information to former Bersatu leader and activist Chegubard, known as Chegubard. Khairi was sacked in May 2023 after an internal investigation found him guilty of distributing two confidential documents containing sensitive information about the company to Chegubard.

The documents became the basis of a statement Chegubard wrote to Malaysia's Anti-Raubery Authority (SPRM) and media coverage of the allegations. An internal investigation of the company's IT department found drafts of both documents originated from Khairi's Microsoft Office account, and an internal investigation also found he was guilty of a second charge of using a passport that misrepresented his position in the company for personal gain.

Chairman of the Mahkamah Perusahaan, Ahmad Razif Sidek, said the prosecution's evidence and testimony fully matched their claims and statements. He said the internal investigation also did not show the company violated principles of fairness or acted in bad faith when taking the punitive action. "It cannot be said that the punishment imposed on the company was too heavy or unbalanced.

The prosecution's misconduct was upended and its trust and confidence required by the company to continue business relations was shattered. In that case, the company had reason to dismiss the complainant. The misconduct was serious, serious, and affected the basis of the business relationship built on trust and confidence," the award said.

According to the company, the false defamation claim was posted on Chegubard's official Facebook account on March 28, 2023, claiming there were nine instances of misrepresentation involving the sale of Yayasan Selangor's land in Bukit Tinggi. Two days later, Chegubard filed a second affidavit denying the defamation charge in his first affidavit.

The company said, given the specific details in Chegubard's letter to SPRM and his response to the Selangor Foundation's denial, only internal data could have led to the charges, and the IT department was directed to conduct data searches in his Microsoft system. "Drafts of the letter to SPRM and media responses were found to be written and/or altered by the complainant," he said.

The complainant denied knowing about both documents and claimed the drafts of the letter to SPRM were posted on his Microsoft account about three hours after he read it to the media. He also claimed the existence of the documents in his system was not evidence of distribution, denying he had covered up, and claiming the system had been locked.

Razif said the complainant did not present any evidence during the internal investigation or in court that showed the safety of the company's computer system had been breached. "On the contrary, the complainant himself confirmed that the global company's IT manager could not have altered such documents. He admitted when responding to the defense that the documents were found in his Microsoft account," he said.

The court also took into account that according to the company's code of ethics, all employees are required to ensure their passwords are kept confidential. He said the burden of proof lies with the employee to show they did not violate the requirement and did not leak confidential information. G Arumugam and Shairaah Atiqaah Radzali represented Yayasan Selangor, while Gelli Saring of the Malaysian Union of Trade Unions (MTUC) represented the complainant.