JOHOR BARU: A company manager has claimed trial at a Sessions Court here to submitting false documents when claiming Social Security Organisation (Socso) incentives of almost RM200,000.
K. Shiva Lingaa pleaded not guilty to all six charges against him before Sessions Court judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail yesterday.
According to the charge sheet, the 30-year-old manager had submitted false documents to mislead a Socso employee two years ago.
The claims were made under the Hiring Incentive Programme in which Shiva Lingaa had made claims for eight supposed workers of his company when in fact they were not his staff.
He was accused of submitting six claims with the amount of RM25,340; RM48,520; RM14,420; RM26,920; RM26,420 and RM55,140; totalling RM196,760 at the Socso office here on June 30, 2021.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecution officers Rais Adha Ramli and Nur Mahira Mohd Pauzi prosecuted the case while lawyer Muhammad Faizzudin Abd Ra’fik represented the accused.
Rais Adha requested bail be set at RM50,000 with one surety, along with an additional term for the accused to submit his passport to the court.
Muhammad Faizzudin, in mitigation, requested lower bail as Shiva Lingaa has to care for his elderly parents and has given his full cooperation to the MACC in its investigation.
Ahmad Kamal fixed bail at RM15,000 in one surety and set Dec 6 for the next mention.
Shiva Lingaa posted bail.
