A former CEO has been charged at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur with two counts of cheating a company of community projects amounting to RM3.38mil.
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00:00A former CEO has been charged at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur with two counts of cheating
00:07a company of community projects amounting to 3.38 million ringgit.
00:13Muhammad Faizal Aliar, formerly of Johor's water company, Ranhil SAJ Sendirian Berhad,
00:19pleaded not guilty to both charges before Sessions Court Judge Rosli Ahmad on Monday.
00:25According to the first charge, Faizal allegedly deceived Ranhil SAJ into paying 82,500 ringgit
00:32for a non-existent event, Program Imara Ramadan 2023, by directing the payment into a Maybank
00:39account.
00:40The second charge alleges that the 39-year-old deceived the company into donating 3.3 million
00:46ringgit for Program Prihatin Community Madani 2023, another event that never took place.
00:54Both payments were reportedly funneled into a Maybank account belonging to Pertubuhan
00:59Inspirasi Prihatin Malaysia.
01:02The offences allegedly occurred at Manara Felda Platinum Park in Kuala Lumpur on April
01:0713 and 14, 2023.
01:11Faizal was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating, which carries a maximum
01:17penalty of 10 years in prison, whipping and a fine upon conviction.
01:23The court set bail at 100,000 ringgit, with one surety for both charges, and the case
01:29is scheduled for mention on March 3.