F&B company behind Penang Culture restaurants fined RM287k for false salary declarations

GD Group, the company behind Penang Culture, was convicted on Dec 27 last year of seven charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act.PHOTO: FACEBOOK / PENANG CULTURE - STREET FOOD PARADISE.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The food and beverage company behind popular restaurant chain Penang Culture has been fined $94,500 (RM286,116) for making false salary declarations in work pass applications, the Ministry of Manpower said on Monday (Jan 14).

GD Group was convicted on Dec 27 last year of seven charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act, with another 13 taken into consideration during sentencing.