KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman has been charged with three counts of graft in an attempt to deceive Social Security Organisation (Socso) agents on the Hiring Incentive Programme to the tune of RM9,500 two years ago.
47-year-old S. Kamala Segaran pleaded not guilty when the charge was presented before the Sessions Court here by Judge Suzana Hussin.
The judge has set the trial to be conducted on Nov 6.
According to the charge sheet, Kamala Segaran as the owner of Tech Train Consultancy was accused of deceitfully using a document, namely the Employee Hiring Incentive Programme Confirmation Form, dated between June to December 2021, on behalf of his company.
The document was used to claim incentives under the Socso Career 2.0 Programme, amounting to RM44,600, with the accused having reason to believe that the document was fake.
The accused had committed all the offences at Wisma Perkeso in Jalan Tun Razak here.
The charges were framed under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, punishable under Section 24 (2) of the same Act which carries a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of five times the value of the offence committed, or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
The court allowed the accused to be released on bail in the amount of RM8,000 with an additional condition to report to the MACC office at the beginning of each month.
