Two deny fake GST claims of RM945,123

IPOH: In what is said to be the first such case in the country, two men have claimed trial to 12 counts of making fraudulent claims on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) totalling RM945,123.

Businessmen Mok Siew Khuen and Ahmad Zawawi Abdul Rahim, both 49, were charged with five and seven counts respectively under Section 89 (1)(b) of the GST Act 2014 at the Sessions Court here yesterday.