Petrol Station Company and Directors Charged for Exceeding Diesel Sale Limit

A petrol station company and two of its directors were charged at the Seremban Sessions Court today with allowing the sale of scheduled goods, diesel amounting to 6,562 liters, into a lorry exceeding the permitted limit, last year. The accused persons (OKS), Lim Kok Ban, 63, and Othman Mohamad Supian, 59, as directors who also represented the company, however pleaded not guilty after the charges were read in front of Judge Mohamad Kamil Nizam.

According to the charge, Syarikat Lestari Kasturi Sdn. Bhd, along with its two directors as retail license holders, had allowed the sale of diesel, a scheduled item, to a lorry vehicle amounting to 6,562 liters. Therefore, the company and OKS had failed to comply with the order given by the Malaysian Supply Officer, which allowed petrol stations nationwide to sell diesel to vehicles registered in Malaysia not more than 250 liters per transaction per day into the vehicle's original tank. The offence was committed around 7 pm at a petrol station in Bandar Baru Nilai here on August 21, 2023. The company has committed an offence under Regulation 21(1) of the Supply Control Regulations 1974 and can be punished under Section 22(2) of the Supplies Control Act (SCA) 1961. If found guilty, any corporate body that commits an offence against this Act can be fined not exceeding RM 2 million and for the second or subsequent offence, a maximum fine of RM5 million. Meanwhile, the two directors of the company were charged under the same regulation which was read together with Section 22(4) SCA 1961 and can be punished under Section 22(1) SCA 1961 which carries a maximum fine of RM1 million or imprisonment for not more than three years or both. Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Alimah Mohd. Sanusi offered bail of RM10,000 with one surety for each OK

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