SINGAPORE: Two catering businesses linked to the mass food poisoning incident on Tuesday (July 30) at the ByteDance office in One Raffles Quay have been suspended from July 31 until further notice.
SHAH ALAM: A Universiti Putra Malaysia lecturer pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here on Wednesday to 20 counts of fraud, involving eight agents, by submitting false enumerator salary claims between 2019 and 2022.
He is charged with committing an offence under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, and can be punished under Section 24 of the same law, which provides for a maximum imprisonment of 20 years and a fine five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher. The charges are framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code, and punishable under Section 465 of the same code, which carries a prison sentence of up to two years or a fine, or both, upon conviction.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Anis Najwa Nazari proposed bail of RM20,000 to RM30,000 in one surety, as well as additional conditions, such as reporting to a nearby MACC office, surrendering his passport to the court and not disturbing witnesses in the case.
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