Hamzah’s son among duo charged with subsidised cooking oil-related offences


SEREMBAN: Two former directors of a company, including the son of a former minister, claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to nine charges related to the sale and storage of government subsidised cooking oil which is a controlled item.

Muhammad Faisal Hamzah, 39, who is the son of Opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin and Azizul Abdul Halim, 55, who were then directors of Rimba Merpati Sdn Bhd, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them before judge Mazni Nawi.

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