PORT DICKSON: Five people, including a couple, pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate Court here to a cheating charge by running a non-existent online loan scheme.
Lee Jia Re, 23, Jason Lee Lian Sheng, 25, Jass Lee Ying Xing, 19, Amiratul Najihah Abdul Malik, 21 and Kamarul Nazrin Kamarulzaman, 29, claimed trial after the charge was read to them before magistrate Uthman Abd Ghani.
The five were jointly charged with cheating a 35-year-old man to bank RM3,897 into an account to be eligible for a loan.
The offence was allegedly committed on Nov 11 last year at a resort here.
The suspects were charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating read together with Section 34 of the same legislation which provides a jail term of between one and 10 years, whipping and a fine.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nadia Ezzati Mohd Zainal then asked the court for a remention and proposed bail be set at RM8,000 for each suspect.
However, Uthman then fixed bail at RM3,500 with one surety for each suspect and fixed Feb 20 for next mention.
Lawyer Alvin Tan Keng Yi represented all five suspects.
It is understood that the five were detained by the police on Dec 20 last year in Sendayan. Also seized from the suspects were several items used to run their operations.
