An odd-job worker pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court in Ipoh to a charge of operating an unlicensed money-lending business.
Ting Chuan Yau, 35, claimed trial to the charge before magistrate Siti Nora Shariff on Monday (Oct 28).
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Ting Chuan Yau, 35, claimed trial to the charge before magistrate Siti Nora Shariff on Monday (Oct 28).
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00:00An odd-job worker pleaded not guilty at the Ipoh Magistrate's Court to a charge of operating
00:06an unlicensed money-lending business.
00:09Ting Chuan Yew claimed trial to the charge before Magistrate Siti Nora Shariff on Monday.
00:14The 35-year-old was accused of conducting the business by lending money to an unnamed
00:19individual in front of a restaurant at Persiaran Perpaduan Utara Satu in Taman Bercamraya on
00:25October 21st.
00:27The case was framed under Section 5, Subsection 2 of the Moneylenders Act, 1951, which provides
00:33for a maximum fine of one million ringgit or a jail term of up to five years or both
00:38upon conviction.
00:39Deputy Public Prosecutor Noor Akhila Shaza Arifin proposed bail at 7,000 ringgit in one
00:44surety.
00:45Ting, who was represented by Counsel S. Thiban Kumar, asked for bail to be set at 2,000 ringgit.
00:51He said his client had been cooperating with the police and it was not a serious offence.
00:56The court allowed bail at 3,000 ringgit with one surety and fixed the next mention date
01:01on December 23rd.