: A businessman and a real estate broker pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today to cheating a company owner of a forest clearing project worth RM2.5 million, in April last year.
According to the charge sheet, the accused were charged with deceiving the victim into believing that they could help him secure a forest clearing project in Sekakap, Mersing and the offence was committed at a law firm at Danga Utama Trade Centre near Skudai on April 11, 2019 at 2.00 pm. The offence framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code read together Section 34 of the same Act provides for imprisonment not exceeding 10 years and shall also be liable to whipping and a fine, if convicted.