A deputy director of a government department has been charged in the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu today on 46 counts of corruption and abuse of power involving RM55,020 between 2019 and 2021.

Mahriyatty Bahrin, 42, who is also a grade J44 civil engineer at the Sabah State Contractor Service Centre, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before judge Abu Bakar Manat.