The court heard that Maslinda had been tasked to collect the money students gave to their English teachers for learning materials known as Excel packages. The prosecutors said that Maslinda was entrusted with cash totalling nearly $35,000 in 2016 and more than $36,000 the following year. But Maslinda paid Madam Cheng Bee Lian, who ran the school bookshop, only about $13,000 in 2016 and $17,000 in 2017, as stated in the invoices. She then misappropriated the remaining sums, taking more than $21,000 in 2016 and almost $20,000 in 2017. CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE In their submissions, Deputy Public Prosecutors David Koh and Stephanie Chew said Maslinda was "an educator of considerable experience". She joined the school in 2002 and was appointed HOD four years later.