KUALA LUMPUR: A part-time temple worker has pleaded not guilty in separate Sessions Courts here to two counts of offering non-existent investment schemes to two women and a man between May and June.
See Pep Hoor, 66, was charged with defrauding financial consultant Kok Poh Wan, 54, by offering a non-existent investment scheme, resulting in the victim handing over RM215,075 to him.The offence was allegedly committed at a temple in Jalan Ipoh, Sentul here, between May 16 and June 13.
The charge, framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code, carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and whipping and a fine upon conviction.Deputy public prosecutor R. Harvind proposed bail of RM20,000 in one surety, Bernama reported.
The accused’s lawyer, CY Yong, requested a lower amount, adding that his client had to provide for his family and his 90-year-old mother.
Judge Azrul Darus allowed the accused bail of RM15,000 with one surety and fixed Nov 12 for mention.
