LABUAN: A prominent local businessman with a Datuk title and a former officer of a government-linked company (GLC) were charged in the Sessions Court here Monday with a total of 56 counts of making false claims. Datuk Kok Chung Fui, 43, and William Edmund Silla, 43, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to the charges before judge Abu Bakar Manat. William is alleged to have acknowledged the false claims by signing the invoices for the supply of the materials that were never delivered. They are alleged to have committed the offences at Scomi Oiltools Sdn Bhd, Labuan Integrated Base, Labuan, on Sept 18, 2013. MACC prosecuting officer Rozanna Abd Hadi applied to have all the 56 charges tried together.

Source: The Star February 06, 2017 08:03 UTC