IPOH: Two directors of a petrol station company were fined RM15,000 each, in default six months in jail, by the Sessions Court here on Thursday (Sept 11) for selling diesel in excess of the prescribed amount two years ago.
Judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad meted out the fine on siblings Wong Kee Seung, 71, and Wong Kee Sooi, 62, after the two brothers pleaded guilty to the charge.
They were charged, as directors of Petrol Botani Sdn Bhd, which holds a controlled goods retail licence, to have sold 2,558.16 litres of diesel to a man who filled the fuel into a modified tank of a lorry.
According to the licence condition, the licence holders are allowed to sell not more than 250 litres of diesel to vehicles with Malaysian registration numbers, with only one transaction per day into the vehicle's original tank.
The offence was allegedly committed at the premises of Petrol Botani Sdn Bhd, BHPetrol Bandar Seri Botani Petrol Station, Jalan Seri Botani Utama, Bandar Seri Botani in the Kinta district at about 10.45pm on Oct 5, 2023. - Bernama
