KUALA LUMPUR, 13 April 2018:
Two cousins were charged in the Selayang sessions court here yesterday with 32 counts of attempted cheating and cheating by making fake car insurance claims since 2016.
Ang Ban Yong, 34, a contractor, and his cousin Ang Ban Tien, 37, a logistics employee, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out to them separately before judge Rasyihah Ghazali.
Ban Yong faces 27 counts of attempted cheating and three counts of cheating, while Ban Tien faces two charges of attempted cheating.
On the first to 27th count, Ban Yong was charged with attempting to deceive six insurance companies through 27 individuals – by deceiving them into believing details in the insurance claim forms were true when the accused knew they were incorrect.
On the 28th to 30th count, Ban Yong was charged with cheating three officers of an insurance company in a similar manner, as inducement for the three officers to approve the insurance application totalling RM89,000.
Meanwhile, Ban Tien was charged with two counts of attempting to cheat an insurance company through two individuals for the same purpose.
The two allegedly committed all the offences in Selayang and Rawang between 22 Nov 2016 and 16 March 2017.
The attempted cheating charge framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 511 of the Act, provides for a maximum jail term of 10 years, with whipping and shall also be liable to fine – while the cheating charge under Section 420 of the Penal Code carries a similar sentence, upon conviction.
The court allowed bail of RM105,000 for Ban Yong and RM14,000 for Ban Tien with one surety each and an additional condition that both accused report to the nearest police station twice a month.
Deputy public prosecutors Rozana Husin and Ahmad Zuhaini Mahamad Amin prosecuted, while counsel M.K Thas represented Ban Yong and counsel Cheng Poh Heng represented Ban Tien. The court set May 23 for mention.
Separately, three men – including a ‘Datuk’ – were charged at the same court for allegedly deceiving nine individuals over non-existent payments for land transfers amounting to RM689,181 six years ago.
Datuk Nor Hasnal Hashmi, 49, Sayyid Walid Hasuana, 31, and Mohd Rozali Rajiei, 48 – all former directors of the company – pleaded not guilty when the charge was read out to them before judge Rasyihah Ghazali.
Nor Hasnal faced nine charges, Sayyid Walid faced five charges while Mohd Rozali faced four charges.
Nor Hasnal – together with Sayyid Walid – allegedly deceived five individuals to make them believe they were to transfer land plots for the construction of five houses, which led the five victims to hand over RM455,512 to Masgenuine Alliance Holdings Sdn Bhd as payment for the non-existent land transfer.
Nor Hasnal also faced four charges along with Mohd Rozali for committing the same offence on four other individuals, inducing them to handover RM689,181 to Darul Hebat Holdings Sdn Bhd as payment for the non-existent land transfer.
The offences were allegedly committed at Masgenuine Alliance Holding Sdn Bhd and Darul Hebat Holding Sdn Bhd in Bandar Baru Selayang here between 16 Jan 2012, and 6 Nov 2015.
The trio were charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code, which provides a maximum jail sentence of 10 years, whipping and fine.
Deputy public prosecutor Rozana Husin had earlier proposed a bail of RM230,000 for Nor Hasnal, RM130,000 for Sayyid Walid and RM100,000 for Mohd Rozali.
However, counsel Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican and Saleh Ahmad, who represented the three accused pleaded for the amount to be reduced.
The court then allowed Nor Hasnal a bail of RM72,000, Sayyid Walid RM48,000 and Mohd Rozal, RM26,000, with one surety each and set three additional conditions, namely the three accused were to hand over their passports to the court, report to the police station twice a month and not to harass the victims and their families. Judge Rasyihah fixed May 17 for mention.
– Bernama