Ex-company director fined RM21,000 over false Penjana Kerjaya claims


JOHOR BARU: A former company director was fined RM21,000 by the Sessions Court here for submitting false documents to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) to claim incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 programme.

P. Poowesna, 36, pleaded guilty to the four charges against her on Wednesday (July 10), following which judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Ismail imposed the fine, in default one month's jail.

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