KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve people, including company owners and a husband-and-wife pair, have been brought before the Sessions Court in Kelantan, Kedah and Perak for allegedly submitting false claims for incentives under PERKESO’s Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Programme.
All pleaded not guilty.
In Kelantan, six people comprising five company owners and a company manager were charged before Kota Baru Sessions Court judge Dazuki Ali.
The accused are Saipuddin Mohamad, 47, Eadzelin Azmi, 41, Mohamad Faiz Harith Hazman, 30, Nur Shahalwani Ab Hamid, 37, as well as Nik Araman Yusoff, 54, and his son Nik Muhammad Afiq Rifqi Nik Araman, 29.
Saipuddin was charged with six counts, while Nur Shahalwani faces four charges. The others face a single charge each.
The accused were charged with submitting Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Forms containing false information to PER-KESO agents, with the intention of misleading the organisation.
The alleged offences were committed in Kota Baru between May 18 and Oct 9, 2024.
The court granted bail of between RM8,000 and RM14,000 to each accused and set Sept 13 for further case proceedings.
In Kedah, four people were charged in the Alor Setar Sessions Court.
Fuad Trading Industry Sdn Bhd owner Hafizoh Hamid, 50, was charged with two counts of submitting Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Forms containing false statements to an agent from the PERKESO Monitoring and Development Branch on June 13, 2024 and Oct 2, 2024, while her husband Fuad Osman, 65, is accused of abetting the offence.
Westfield Retailing Sdn Bhd director Lee Zi Hao, 35, was charged with six similar offences allegedly committed on March 1, Sept 6 and Oct 25, 2024 while his father, Lee Kai Fuat, 63, claimed trial to five charges of abetting the offences.
Judge N. Priscilla Hemamalini allowed Hafizoh and Fuad to be released on RM7,000 bail each with one surety, and fixed Sept 27 for further case proceedings.
The father and son pair were granted bail of RM8,000 each with one surety, with the case set for mention again on Sept 8.
In Perak, two cleaning company owners claimed trial in the Ipoh Sessions Court to seven similar charges allegedly committed between May and Aug 2024.
Neoh Wooi Lee, 50, and Shareen Noordin David Noordin, 53, are accused of jointly submitting a Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Form on behalf of Century Super Solution to two PERKESO agents, allegedly containing false information intended to mislead the organisation.
Shareen also claimed trial to nine similar charges linked to SN Super Clean Solution, allegedly committed between March and Sept 2024.
Neoh was also charged with abetting Shareen on nine counts of altering documents containing false statements to deceive three PERKESO agents into approving incentive claims under the same programme between March and Sept 2024.
All the alleged offences took place between March 31 and Sept 4, 2024.
Judge Ainul Sharin Mohamad allowed each accused to be released on RM8,000 bail and fixed Sept 10 for further case proceedings.
