JOHOR BARU: An education company director pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here with submitting false documents for incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya 2.0 programme amounting to more than RM74,000 two years ago.
S. Ramamoorthy, 41, claimed trial to all three charges against him in front of Sessions Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail here on Tuesday (Nov 14).
In the first charge, the accused allegedly submitted a false Employee Verification Form for the Hiring Incentive Programme to apply for an incentive amounting to RM14,200 from the Social Security Organisation (Socso) at Socso Johor Baru office on May 25, 2021.
In the second and third charge, Ramamoorthy allegedly submitted a false Employee Verification Form for the Hiring Incentive Programme to apply for an incentive amounting to RM18,420 and RM41,500 separately at the same premises on May 26, 2021.
He was accused of committing an offence under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and can be sentenced under Section 24(2) of the same Act.
The offence carries imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the false information or RM10,000 whichever is higher, if convicted.
Ahmad Kamal then set bail at RM15,000 with one surety against the accused and also ordered him to surrender his passport to the court.
He also ordered Ramamoorthy to report to the Johor MACC headquarters once a month and set Dec 14 for next mention for handover of documents.
The accused, who is represented by lawyer Amarpreet Singh, then posted bail.
Meanwhile, in the same court, two directors of an import and export company had been charged with four counts of submitting false documents for incentives under the same programme amounting to more than RM62,000.
S.R.P. Perumai, 35, and A. Mohana Sundharam, 34, however claimed trial to the four charges against them.
In the first and second charges, they were accused of having falsely submitted Employee Verification Form for the Hiring Incentive Programme to apply for an incentive amounting to RM16,620 and RM18,540 separately.
In the third and fourth charges, both Perumai and Mohana Sundharam, were accused of submitting false Employee Verification Form for the Hiring Incentive Programme to apply for an incentive amounting to RM21,780 and RM5,180 separately.
The duo allegedly committed the offence at Socso Johor Baru office on May 30, 2021.
Ahmad Kamal then set bail amount at RM5,000 with one surety against Perumai and RM8,000 with one surety against Mohana Sundharam respectively.
He also ordered the two accused to report to the Johor MACC office once a month and also set Dec 14 for the case next mention for handover of documents.
They were charged under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and can be sentenced under Section 24(2) of the same Act.
Perumai, who was represented by lawyer Mohd Salleh Tugimin, and Mohana Sundharam, who was represented by lawyer Abd Rahim Ali, posted bail.
MACC prosecution officer Rais Adha Ramli prosecuted the two cases.
