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.
They were charged with committing the offence at the Socso office in Kuala Terengganu in June and July 2021.
They face imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the false information, or RM10,000 whichever is higher, if convicted.
The two also pleaded not guilty to three alternative charges under Section 471 of the Penal Code of using false documents as genuine, and face imprisonment of up to two years, a fine or both, upon conviction.
The court allowed both accused bail of RM15,000 in one surety each and set Nov 28 for mention.
They are also ordered to surrender their passports to the court and report themselves to the MACC office every month, as well as to not intimidate witnesses in the case.
The prosecution was handled by MACC deputy public prosecutor Mariah Omar, while Nurul Azwani was represented by lawyer Mohd Hayyatudin Muhammad.
Arrie Syahiman was unrepresented.
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