KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer has been charged in a Sessions Court here with committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving a property transaction last year.
Yap Kok Sheng, 37, who was entrusted with handling the sale and purchase agreement of a house, was accused of committing the offence involving a sum of RM34,800 at his law firm here on Sept 28, last year. He claimed trial before judge Azman Ahmad yesterday.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Amira Sariaty Zainal later offered bail at RM15,000 in one surety.
Yap’s counsel Syed Muhammad Adeeb Barakbah submitted that his client is a divorcee and a sole breadwinner who has to support his 69-year-old father.
Syed Muhammad Adeeb said Yap was granted bail of RM60,000 for two counts of committing the same offence a few days ago, and hoped the court would impose a RM3,000 bail.
Judge Azman then set bail at RM10,000 in one surety, pending mention on May 18.
On Wednesday, Yap pleaded not guilty before Sessions Court judges Zulqarnain Hassan and Zaman Mohd Noor to two counts of CBT involving RM134,184.96 over the sale and purchase of a property in each charge.
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