K. Shiva Lingaa, 30, pleaded not guilty.
JOHOR BARU: A company manager has been charged with six counts of submitting false documents when claiming an incentive worth close to RM200,000 two years ago.
K. Shiva Lingaa, 30, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him in front of Sessions Court judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail here on Monday (Nov 6).
According to the charge sheets, the accused had allegedly submitted false documents under his company to cheat a Social Security Organisation (Socso) employee.
The claims were made under the Hiring Incentive Programme, where the accused had made claims for workers who were not employed by his company.
A total of six claims were made in the amounts of RM25,340, RM48,520, RM14,420, RM26,920, RM26,420, and RM55,140, totaling RM196,760, for eight workers.
The act was allegedly committed at the Socso office here on June 30, 2021.
The act is an offence under Section 417 of the Penal Code for cheating, which carries imprisonment of up to five years, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
The prosecution was conducted by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecution officers Rais Adha Ramli and Nur Mahira Mohd Pauzi, while the accused was represented by Muhammad Faizzudin Abd Ra’fik.
During the proceedings, Rais Adha had requested bail to be set at RM50,000 with one surety, along with an additional condition for the accused to submit his international passport to the court.
Muhammad Faizzudin, in mitigation, requested lower bail as Shiva Lingaa had to take care of his elderly parents and had given his full cooperation to the MACC investigation.
The court then set bail at RM15,000 with one surety and set Dec 6 for next mention.
The accused posted bail.
