KUALA LUMPUR: Two brothers who own a subsidised cooking oil packaging company were acquitted and discharged on 52 charges of submitting false claims in connection to supplying cooking oil to retail outlets amounting to over RM1.5 million.
Earlier, Datuk Mohd Farid Mohamad, Ali, 44, and his brother, Mohd Fadhil, 40, were given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on all charges.
High Court Judge Datuk Noorin Badaruddin today (May 10) made the ruling after the prosecution did not object to their application to be acquitted and discharged.
Earlier, lawyer Datuk Seri Dr Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos, who represented the brothers, said they made an application so that his clients can be discharged and acquitted of all charges.
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Deputy Public Prosecutor Rasyidah Murni Adzmi said she had no objection to the application after examining all the documents from the applicants and both of them had paid their compounds.
On June 20, last year, the two brothers were given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) by the Sessions Court here on all charges.
Mohd Farid and his brother then filed an application in the High Court for the discharge and acquittal of all charges.
According to the first to 52nd charges, Mohd Farid was accused of providing a document,...
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