MANJUNG, Oct 30 — Two members of GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) were charged in the Magistrate’s Court today with wrongfully confining a man at a workers’ hostel in Seri Manjung five years ago.
Muhammad Suhaiil Nasiruddin, 42, and his brother, Muhammad U’rwah Nasiruddin, 33, both sons of GISBH chief executive officer Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out to them before Magistrate Fakhrul Razzi Abd Hamid.
According to the charge, the duo are accused of wrongfully confining Muhammad Ikhlas Asy Syuhaimi Ismail, 35, for a month at the Ikhwan supermarket workers’ hostel in Bandar Seri Manjung between November and December 2020.
The charge, framed under Section 344 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same Code, carries a maximum sentence of three years’ imprisonment and a fine upon conviction.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nuranisah Ismah Muhammad Husaini offered bail of RM8,000 for each accused.
However, lawyer Nur Shaqira Ibrahim from the National Legal Aid Foundation (YBGK), representing the brothers, appealed for a lower amount, stating that they are married, self-employed, without a fixed income, and have between 10 and 14 children.
The court then allowed bail of RM3,000 with one surety each and set December 17 for mention.
