Company owner, employee fined for submitting false claim for Penjana incentives

KUALA TERENGGANU: A company owner and one of his employees were fined RM50,000 and RM30,000, respectively, by the Sessions Court here for submitting false documents to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to claim incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 (Penjana) programme amounting to RM5,300 three years ago.

Judge Mohd Azhar Othman handed down the sentence on Arrie Syahiman Mohd Zain, 34, and his employee Nurul Azwani Mohd Razali, 38, on Sunday (Feb 18) after they pleaded guilty to an alternative charge brought against them.