The Sessions Court here today acquitted and discharged three individuals charged with cheating in the construction of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project without calling for their defence.
They are former Kuala Dimensi project manager Law Jenn Dong, 59, architect Bernard Tan Swee Seng, 56, BTA Architect, and Kuala Dimensi chief operating officer Stephen Abok, 59.
Judge Asmadi Hussin ordered the three men to be freed after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against them.
A total of 31 witnesses were called to testify throughout the hearing.
Deputy public prosecutors Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud, Muhammad Anas Mahadzir and Noor Zalizan Lazarous prosecuted in the case.
Lawyers Datuk Tan Hock Chuan, Hisham Teh Poh Teik and Datuk V. Sithambaram represented Law, Tan and Abok, respectively.
The three men had pleaded not guilty on Nov 8, 2010, to 24 counts of cheating OSK Trustees Bhd for payment of RM116.85 million to Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) for two projects at PKFZ.
The offences were allegedly committed at OSK Trustees Bhd, Plaza OSK, Ampang, between June 30, 2006 and June 20, 2008.
Abok and Tan also pleaded not guilty to two other alternative charges with cheating OSK Trustees by dishonestly inducing OSK Trustees into paying RM5.42 million to KDSB between July 31, 2007 and Oct 8, 2008 for an electricity supply project to PKFZ which was not implemented.
The charges, under Section 420 of the Penal Code, provide an imprisonment for up to 10 years and whipping and fine, upon conviction.
- BERNAMA
Bernama
Fri Mar 17 2017
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They are former Kuala Dimensi project manager Law Jenn Dong, 59, architect Bernard Tan Swee Seng, 56, BTA Architect, and Kuala Dimensi chief operating officer Stephen Abok, 59. - BERNAMA pic
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