KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Friday (July 7) to 16 charges of submitting false claims amounting to RM258,426 in the supply of cooking oil to the then Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (now known as the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry) four years ago.
He was charged with giving 16 sets of documents, namely claims for financial assistance to palm oil mills/packaging factories, known as the"Penyata Tuntutan Bayaran Bantuan Kewangan Kepada Kilang Penapis/Pembungkus Minyak Masak Sawit Tulen” dated between Sept 4, 2019, and April 30, 2020, amounting to RM258,426 which contained false information to two ministry agents, with the intention of deceiving the ministry.
The charges were framed under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 which provides imprisonment for up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the sum or value of the false or erroneous or defective material and where such false or erroneous or defective material is capable of being valued, or of a pecuniary nature, RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty.
Earlier, MACC prosecuting officer Zander Lim Wai Keong offered RM100,000 bail with one surety for all charges, but lawyer P. Sandrasegaran, representing Teh, requested a low bail on the grounds that his client, who does business in Batu Pahat, Johor, had given full cooperation to MACC throughout the investigation.
The court then allowed Teh bail of RM40,000 with one surety for all charges and also ordered him to report himself at the MACC office in Johor once a month.to our Premium Plan for an ad-free and unlimited reading experience!
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