Abu Bakar at the court on April 8. – BERNAMApic
KUALA TERENGGANU: A company owner has been fined RM15,000 in default six months' jail for hoarding 2,210kg of cooking oil at his premises in Marang last year.
Sessions Judge Mohd Zul Zakiqudin Zulkifli imposed the sentence on Tuesday (April 8) after Abu Bakar Abdul Rahman, 42, pleaded guilty.
He was charged with concealing packets of cooking oil with the intention of withholding them from the market at 1.38pm on Jan 31 last year.
The offence, under Section 15 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961 punishable under Section 22 (1) of the same Act, carries a maximum fine of RM1mil, or up to three years in jail, or both upon conviction.
Terengganu Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry DPP Wan Mohd I’zzat Wan Abdullah appeared for the prosecution, while Abu Bakar was unrepresented.
In the same court, a lorry driver was fined RM15,000 after he pleaded guilty to dealing in 1,677.1 litres of diesel, a controlled item, without a licence at 1.55am on July 6, 2023, at a petrol station in Paka, Dungun.
Mohd Rozi Mohd Zain, 39, represented by lawyer Mohd Zaiful Bahrin Kamde, was jointly charged with three others – Hasdi Mustapa, 33, Hasrul Azly Mustapa, 44, and Mohamad Saufi Abdull Ghapa, 30 – under Section 21 of the Control of Supplies Act 1961, punishable under Section 22(1).
The fine was imposed in default six months' jail.
The court also acquitted and discharged the other three individuals. – Bernama
