Lorry driver pleads not guilty to cheating company owner of more than RM1mil


MELAKA: A lorry driver pleaded not guilty at the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court here on Friday (Feb 16) to a charge of cheating a company owner of RM1.029mil last year.

M. Gopala Krishnan, 39, was charged with cheating Yap Koh Cheng, 69, by deceiving the victim into believing that he could help him secure a tender for the lease of an oil palm plantation and dishonestly inducing the company owner to hand over the money.

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