Former director, CFO acquitted of submitting RM1.2mil false claims


KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has acquitted a former pharmaceutical company director and the company's chief financial officer (CFO) from charges of submitting false claims relating to the refunds for purchases of several stickpack machines worth RM1.2 million to the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry in 2014.

Judge Rozina Ayob announced the decision after finding that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against company director Gulam Rusol Md Ismail, 60, and CFO Kamaruzzaman Kamaludeen, 50.

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