MELAKA: A 63-year-old man and his three children pleaded not responsible to costs of cheating in separate Sessions Courts in Ayer Keroh.
Wong Tiing Kiong claimed trial earlier than Sessions choose Nariman Badruddin to an offence of allegedly influencing, luring and cheating an organization to pay for a non-existent sand mining venture.
According to the cost sheet, the corporate had issued two separate cheques, totalling RM1mil, at a financial institution in Taman Melaka Raya, right here, on April 19, 2009.
Tiing Kiong was charged beneath Section 420 of the Penal Code which carries a jail time period of as much as 10 years, a effective and whipping, upon conviction.
In one other continuing, earlier than Sessions choose Maziah Joary Tajudin on Thursday (Jan 20), Tiing Kiong’s three children had been additionally charged for committing the identical offences.
The accused – Felix Wong Sing Jie, 27, Wong Sing Kung, 43, and Amy Wong E Tim, 33, – additionally claimed trial to a cost framed beneath Section 420.
The three siblings had allegedly dedicated the offence on the identical date.
All the accused had been represented by counsel Paul Krishnaraja.
Both courts granted bail of RM20,000 to every accused and ordered them to report back to the closest police station each month till the top of the proceedings.
The courts additionally fastened Feb 21 for point out.