A former employee of an entertainment company has pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur to a charge of fraud involving the purchase of 36 concert tickets for Andy Lau and Jay Chou, amounting to RM67,608, between May and September.
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00:00A former entertainment company employee pleaded not guilty at the magistrate's court in Kuala Lumpur
00:06to a fraud charge involving the purchase of 36 concert tickets for Andy Lau and Jay Chow
00:11worth over 67,000 ringgit.
00:14The accused, 30-year-old Thomas Lee Watshung, who is currently unemployed,
00:17entered his plea after the charge was read before Magistrate Aina Azara Arifin on Thursday.
00:22Lee, a father of two, is accused of deceiving a 38-year-old real estate agent
00:27into paying for a non-existent transaction involving 16 VIP tickets
00:31for the Today is the Day Andy Lau Concert Tour 2024
00:35scheduled from October 24th to 27th at Axiata Arena, Bukit Jarlil
00:41and 20 VIP tickets for Jay Chow's Carnival World Tour 2024
00:45set for October 26th at the National Stadium, Bukit Jarlil.
00:49He allegedly induced the victim to transfer the funds through three transactions
00:54into his CIMB bank account between May 25th and September 5th
00:58at a premises in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong.
01:01The charge falls under Section 420 of the Penal Code
01:04which carries a penalty of imprisonment from 1 to 10 years,
01:08whipping and a fine upon conviction.
01:11Aina Azara granted Lee bail at 10,000 ringgit
01:14and set January 7th for the case's next mention.
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