KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve people, including company owners and a husband-and-wife pair, have been brought before the Sessions Court in Kelantan, Kedah and Perak for allegedly submitting false claims for incentives under PERKESO’s Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Programme.
All pleaded not guilty.
The accused are Saipuddin Mohamad, 47, Eadzelin Azmi, 41, Mohamad Faiz Harith Hazman, 30, Nur Shahalwani Ab Hamid, 37, as well as Nik Araman Yusoff, 54, and his son Nik Muhammad Afiq Rifqi Nik Araman, 29.
Saipuddin was charged with six counts, while Nur Shahalwani faces four charges. The others face a single charge each.
The accused were charged with submitting Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Forms containing false information to PER-KESO agents, with the intention of misleading the organisation.
The alleged offences were committed in Kota Baru between May 18 and Oct 9, 2024.
The court granted bail of between RM8,000 and RM14,000 to each accused and set Sept 13 for further case proceedings.
In Kedah, four people were charged in the Alor Setar Sessions Court.
Fuad Trading Industry Sdn Bhd owner Hafizoh Hamid, 50, was charged with two counts of submitting Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Forms containing false statements to an agent from the PERKESO Monitoring and Development Branch on June 13, 2024 and Oct 2, 2024, while her husband Fuad Osman, 65, is accused of abetting the offence.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve people, including company owners and a husband-and-wife pair, have been brought before the Sessions Court in Kelantan, Kedah and Perak for allegedly submitting false claims for...