KLANG: The Sessions Court here yesterday fixed March 26 for mention of the case of former Port Klang Authority general manager Datin Paduka OC Phang who faces three counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM254.85 million in the Port Klang Free Zone scandal.
DATE FIXED: Phang (centre) accompanied by her husband (right) on the way out of the Sessions Court. — Bernama photo
Judge Yong Zarida Sazali fixed the date to enable the prosecution to supply the relevant documents to the defence.
The case came up for mention yesterday for Phang to hand over her passport to the court, which was deferred at her request earlier as she was going overseas.
Phang, dressed in a batik blouse and black pants, was in court at 9am, accompanied by her husband.
Earlier, her counsel, Francis Ng Aik Guan, informed the court that she submitted her passport to the court Monday afternoon.
He then asked for a new mention date so that the defence could be supplied with the relevant documents and make other applications if necessary.
Dzulkifli Ahmad, head of the Forfeiture Unit of the Attorney-General’s Chambers, who is leading the prosecution, said he was ready to hand over the required documents but yesterday was for mention for Phang to submit her passport to the court.
Phang, 63, is charged, as general manager entrusted with funds in an account with RHB Bank Berhad, with committing CBT of RM98,700,000 at the Port Klang Authority (PKA) here between Oct 1, 2004 and Sept 5, 2005.
She is also charged with committing two other similar offences involving RM21,600,000 and RM134,550,000 at the same place between Sept 30 , 2005, and May 9, 2006, and between June 1, 2005 and Jan 13, 2006.
If convicted, she faces a maximum 20 years jail and liability of a fine on each charge.
She was released on bail of RM350,000 with one surety.
Dzulkifli, when asked by reporters after the proceedings where other individuals would be charged in connection with the PKFZ scandal, said: “Wait for the next two to three weeks.”
Besides Phang, Stephen Abok, 51, the chief operating officer of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB), the project developer, and architect Bernard Tan Seng Swee, 48, of consultant BTA Architect are charged with two counts of cheating the PKA involving RM5.42 million in the scandal on July 31 and Sept 21, 2007.
Tan and former Kuala Dimensi project manager Law Jenn Dong, 51, are also charged with 24 counts of cheating the PKA to get confirmation for the payment of RM116.85 million to Kuala Dimensi involving two mammoth projects at the PKFZ between June 30, 2006 and May 30, 2008. — Bernama