ALOR STAR: A fisherman today claimed trial on four counts of charges of falsifying documents in the sale of four plots of land worth RM8 million belonging to a Kuala Perlis-based company six years ago.
Yong Kok Wah, 47, who was also the company director then, pleaded not guilty when he was slapped with the charges in two separate courts here.
For the first count, Yong, from Kuala Kedah, is charged with using a forged document titled Friendly Loan on behalf of Oceanpro Industries Sdn Bhd at a legal firm in Seberang Jalan Putra here on Aug 12, 2018.
He also claimed trial on the second charge of using a forged document titled Disposal of Property on behalf of the company at the same time and location.
He entered the pleas when the charges, framed under Section 471 of the Penal, were read before Judge Noor Zaihan Mohamad Ali.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Khairul Anuar Abdul Halim prosecuted, while lawyer Hamdan Hamzah represented the accused.
Noor Zaihan fixed the bail at RM6,000 for each charge and allowed the accused's application for the cases to be heard together with five similar charges at the Kangar Sessions Court in Perlis on August 6.
In a separate Sessions Court, Yong claimed trial to two other charges involving falsifying documents.
Yong is accused of using forged documents on behalf of Fuxing Enterprise (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd titled Friendly Loan and Disposal of Property, at the same time and location.
Judge Jean Sharmila Jesudason fixed the bail at RM6,000 for each charge and granted the accused's application for the case to be transferred to Kangar Sessions Court.
The accused paid a total of RM24,000 bail for all four cases.