Datuk and brother charged with making over RM1.5mil in false claims over cooking oil subsidies


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Two brothers, the owners of a subsidised cooking oil packaging company, were arraigned in the Sessions Court here Friday (June 25) on 52 charges in connection with false claims to supply cooking oil to retail companies amounting to more than RM1.5mil two years ago.

Datuk Mohd Farid Mohamad Ali, 42, and his brother, Mohd Fadhil Mohamad Ali, 38, pleaded not guilty after all the charges were read out separately before Judge Izralizam Sanusi.

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