Accused faces 10 years’ imprisonment, RM1m fine upon conviction

Accused faces 10 years' imprisonment, whipping, fine upon conviction

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — The former finance officer of a company pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving company funds totalling RM182,884.02.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — A gold trading and foreign exchange consultant pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of illegal deposit taking involving RM1.18 million for investment purposes three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has charged London Biscuits Berhad's former executive director cum group chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Seri Liew Yew Chung in the Sessions Court today for furnishing a false financial statement to the stock exchange and falsifying records of a listed corporation.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Two students from a Singapore university pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to staging a fake kidnapping to trick one of their mothers into paying a RM2.9 million ransom.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Former Kenaf Trading Global Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Jazman Shahar Abdollah and his son were charged in the Sessions Court today with offering an unregistered kenaf investment scheme between 2021 and 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — A widower who does odd jobs was jailed for 16 months by the Sessions Court today for dishonestly concealing RM856,000 in share investments belonging to a businesswoman.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — A Myanmar man was sentenced to five years in jail and a RM30,000 fine by the Sessions Court today for forging an United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card in September.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — An e-hailing driver pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing physical sexual assault on his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — A fast food restaurant employee pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court today to stealing a car and dangerously driving the rented vehicle, which seriously injured one of its passengers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Sessions Court has acquitted and discharged a businessman on six counts of fraudulent possession of property involving nearly RM2 million in his bank account two years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 — A former accountant of a security agency pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court today to three charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving over RM1 million four years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 — A former investment banker was charged in three Sessions Courts today for operating an unlicensed capital market activity and misrepresentations regarding the purchase of shares for investments six years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — A primary school teacher pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing physical sexual assault on his 13-year-old former male student five months ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — The former sales manager of a wholesale company pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) of the company's fund amounting to more than RM80,000 last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court yesterday to a charge of cheating an agricultural company owner out of more than RM300,000 four years ago to obtain leasehold land in Negeri Sembilan.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to a charge of receiving RM250,000 in deposit for an investment without a valid licence.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — A former construction and renovation company owner was sentenced to six months in prison by the Sessions Court today after he pleaded guilty to transferring and concealing over RM1.3 million belonging to a woman related to a job offer advertised on Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — A despatch rider was sentenced to four months imprisonment by the Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to a charge of dishonestly helping to conceal RM100,000 belonging to an elderly woman two months ago.