COMPANY DIRECTOR CLAIMS TRIAL TO GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS TO REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- A construction company director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to three counts of making false statements to the Registrar of Companies three years ago.

Juliana Jamian, 38, entered her plea after the charges were read out before Judge Mohd Zaki Mohd Salleh.

For the first two charges, she is accused of submitting false statements to the Registrar of Companies concerning her appointment as director of UTS Maju Construction Sdn Bhd and the resignation of Wali Ullah Khan as director of the same company through Form Section 58 dated Sept 30, 2022.

Juliana is also charged with making a false statement to the Registrar of Companies regarding the transfer of 299,998 shares from Wali Ullah Khan to herself, as stated in Form Section 51 dated Oct 8, 2022.

The three offences were allegedly committed at the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM), Menara SSM@Sentral, KL Sentral, on Sept 30 and Oct 8, 2022.

The charges were framed under Section 593(b) of the Companies Act 2016 (Act 777), read together with Section 34 of the same Act, which provides for a maximum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, a fine of up to RM3 million, or both, upon conviction.

Earlier, SSM prosecuting officer Farieza Hazreen Salehuddin proposed bail of RM10,000 for each charge, while defence counsel Muhamad ‘Aizat Adli Zalil requested that bail be set at RM3,000 per charge.

The court allowed Juliana bail of RM10,000 for all charges and ordered her to surrender her passport

The case has been fixed for mention on 4 June.

-- BERNAMA