Canteen operator fined RM50,000 for false Penjana claims


KUALA LUMPUR: A canteen operator has been fined RM50,000 by the Sessions Court here for using false documents to claim incentives under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) programme two years ago.

Judge Rozina Ayob imposed the fine, in default three months' jail, on Amir Shariffuddin Haron, 56, after he pleaded guilty on Monday (July 31) to an alternative charge and plea offered by prosecuting officer Abd Muntaqim Abdul Aziz.

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