KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A meat importing company's former director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to five charges of submitting false claims for a financing facility to purchase merchandise amounting to nearly RM1 million five years ago.
Shamsuri Mohd Yusof, 52, was charged as a director of ZS Armin Sdn Bhd by colluding with the company's account executive Mohd Sazali Zainal, to provide false documents, namely five invoices from Smart F.V Marketing Sdn Bhd totalling RM998,600.
The documents were used to claim the Trade Working Capital Financing-i financing facility for the purchase of merchandise from Smart F.V to the agent of Agrobank Berhad, when there was no purchase from the company involved.
The offence was allegedly committed at Menara Agrobank, Leboh Pasar Besar, on September 12, 2019, under Section 28 (1)(c) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, read together with Section 18 of the same Act, and punishable under Section 24 (2) of the same Act.
The section provides for a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
The accused also pleaded not guilty to five charges of abetting Sazali using false documents, namely five Smart F.V. company invoices totalling RM998,600, for the Trade Working Capital Financing-i financing facility claim from Agrobank Berhad.
The offence was allegedly committed on the same date and location, under Section 109 of the Penal Code, read with Section 471 of the Penal Code and is punishable under Section 465 of the same Act, which faces two years imprisonment or a fine or both, if convicted.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Ahmad Feisal Mohd Azmi asked for a RM200,000 bail with one surety and additional conditions: Shamsuri must report to the MACC office in Putrajaya once a month and surrender his passport to the court until the case is completed.
Lawyer Zharif Nizamuddin represented the accused and applied for RM20,000 bail on the grounds that Shamsuri, who currently runs a chicken business, supports his wife, six children, and a mother who has diabetes.
He also objected to the passport being handed over to the court because his client was not a flight risk.
Judge Azura Alwi set the case to be mentioned again on October 15 and allowed the accused to be bailed at RM80,000 with one surety and ordered the passport to be handed over to the court until the case is over.
— Bernama
