Ex-MIC veep, son claim trial to RM13mil false claims charge

KUALA LUMPUR: Former MIC vice-president Tan Sri S. Balakrishnan and his son claimed trial to making false claims of nearly RM13mil over a river restoration project to the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID).

Balakrishnan, 63, was accused of submitting false claims of RM12,888,000 relating to the supply of some 358 geotubes to carry out the restoration works for the DID.