KUANTAN: A managing director of a company pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Tuesday when charged with four counts of submitting false claims for the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 incentive from the Social Security Organisation amounting to RM59,560 two years ago.
He was accused of committing the act at Wisma Perkeso here on June 24, 2021, an offence framed under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, which can be punished under Section 24 of the same law, which carries a maximum jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of not less five times the value of the claims or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Rifah Izzati Abdul Mutalif proposed bail of RM30,000, with the additional condition that the accused must report to the MACC office every month and surrender his passports to the court.