KUALA LUMPUR: Seventeen individuals, including company directors and an actress, pleaded not guilty in Sessions Courts in Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Penang and Sabah to charges linked to alleged fraudulent claims under the Social Security Organisation’s (PERKESO) Daya Kerjaya 2.0 programme.
The accused, comprising nine men and eight women, were charged separately over offences allegedly committed in 2024.
In KUALA LUMPUR, actress Farah Wahida Zainuddin, 44, and Mohd Nizam Jamaluddin, 45, each faced four charges, while Lim Sue Peng and Lim Sian Tze, both 54, faced five and eight charges, respectively.
Farah Wahida, as director of Focal Reality Entertainment Sdn Bhd, was accused of submitting false Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Employee Verification Forms to support claims at premises off Jalan Gombak on March 29 and 30, 2024, while Mohd Nizam was charged with abetting her.
Sue Peng, director of Zfinity, and Sian Tze, owner of LST Concept Marketing, were charged with similar offences allegedly committed between April 1 and Oct 2, 2024.
The four were granted bail ranging from RM6,000 to RM48,000 and ordered to report monthly to the nearest Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office.
They were also ordered to surrender their passports and return to court on Sept 21, Sept 25 and Oct 2, Bernama reported.
In PERAK, four company owners were charged at the Ipoh Sessions Court with a total of 29 counts allegedly committed between February and September 2024.
Assari Enterprise owner Chuah Hok Guan, 60, and AC Engineering owner Chiang Hon Wai, 44, each faced five charges, with Chuah also accused of abetting Chiang.
Chong Yee Hoe, 55, faced eight charges involving Hao Hao Lucky Trading, while Choo Lee Peng, 58, was charged with 11 counts linked to Million Software And Services Sdn Bhd and Million Goldrush Resources Sdn Bhd.
They were granted bail of between RM7,000 and RM9,000 and ordered to report monthly to the nearest MACC office until the disposal of their cases. The court fixed Sept 14 for mention.
In PENANG, four business owners pleaded not guilty at the George Town Sessions Court to a total of 30 charges allegedly committed in the North East district between March 1 and Aug 26, 2024.
Neoh Wooi Lee, 50, owner of Golden One Stop Services, D One Solution, As You Wish Enterprise and Syarikat Century SS Solution, faced 21 charges.
Goh Chee Wai, 43, owner of Tojeda Enterprise Sdn Bhd, faced six charges, while Wong Joon Hong, 40, owner of J.H. Food Court, and Phua Ai Ling, 45, owner of Great Solutions Management, faced two and one charges, respectively.
Neoh was granted bail of RM28,000, while the other three accused were each allowed bail of RM7,000.
They were also ordered to surrender their passports, report monthly to the MACC and refrain from interfering with prosecution witnesses.
The case was fixed for mention on Sept 17.
In SABAH, five company owners pleaded not guilty at the Special Corruption Court.
Arzeanti Jafar, 40; Foo Fong Kent, 32; Pausia Abu, 50; Mohd Azhar Ramali, 40; and Nur Farhanah Jamil, 38, were accused of submitting claims containing false information between March and September 2024.
Foo faced three charges, while Pausia and Mohd Azhar were each charged with two offences.
Arzeanti and Nur Farhanah each faced one charge.
The court allowed Arzeanti and Nur Farhanah bail of RM8,000 each, while Foo, Pausia and Mohd Azhar were each granted RM10,000 bail.
Case management for Arzeanti and Foo was fixed for Sept 14.
Arzeanti’s trial is scheduled from Oct 12 to Oct 16, while Foo’s trial will run from Oct 19 to Oct 23.
Pausia’s trial has been fixed for Oct 12 to Oct 14, while Mohd Azhar’s trial will be held from Oct 19 to 23.
Nur Farhanah’s trial is scheduled from Oct 26 to Oct 30.
