KUALA LUMPUR: A businessman was ordered to enter his defence on one charge of deceiving a woman in a hand glove supply deal involving RM65,000 losses during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan said this after ruling that the prosecution, led by deputy public prosecutor Zuhairi Osman, had established a prima facie case against Muhammad Syafiq Pubaalan Abdullah.
The chargesheet read that Syafiq had allegedly cheated businesswoman Nursyarina Zulkifli Wijitha into believing he could provide the gloves.
He had induced her to hand over RM65,000, which she would not have done if she knew she was being cheated.
He had committed the offence between July 22 and 24 in 2020 at Setia Sky Residence, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz in Dang Wangi.
The offence under Section 420 of the Penal Code carries one to 10 years' jail with whipping; and fine.
Syafiq's counsel Mohd Zaidi Othman said his client would give his sworn statement from the dock.
The court then set April 4 and 25 for defence proceedings.
