Kota Kinabalu: Four business owners and a marketing executive pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Thursday to separate charges of submitting false documents to claim incentives under the Social Security Organisation's (Socso) Daya Kerjaya 2.0 Programme.
Company owners Pausia Abu, 49, Arzeanti Jafar, 40, Nur Farhanah Jamil, 38, Mohd Azhar Ramali, 39, and marketing executive Foo Fong Kent, 31, were charged under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 for allegedly submitting employee verification forms containing false particulars between March and October 2024.
Judge Andi Razalijaya A. Dadi granted bail ranging between RM8,000 and RM10,000 with two local sureties for each accused, alongside deposit conditions ranging from RM3,500 to RM7,000.
The court also ordered all five accused to surrender their international passports, report to the nearest MACC office monthly, and refrain from tampering with prosecution witnesses.
Case management has been fixed for September 14, with trial dates scheduled across October for each defendant.
