Boss and worker charged with Penjana fraud


Day in court: Arri Syahiman (left) and Nurul Azwani (right, centre) being escorted at the Sessions Court in Kuala Terengganu. — Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU: A company owner and one of his employees pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to charges of submitting false documents to Socso to claim incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 programme amounting to RM126,100.Proprietor Arrie Syahiman Mohd Zain, 33, and employee Nurul Azwani Mohd Razali, 37, made the plea before judge Norashima Khalid here yesterday.

They were each charged with three counts under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 for submitting the Employee Verification Form under the programme containing false details to a Socso official to claim an incentive of RM126,100 under the Panjana programme, according to Bernama.

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