KUCHING: Two men with the status of ‘Datuk’ and a ‘Datin’ were yesterday ordered discharged but not amounting to an acquittal from a fraud charge.
They appeared before a Sessions Court for the re-mention of the case and following the decision the accused would get the refund of their respective RM20,000 bail.
They were investigated by police for allegedly producing fake documents in order to cheat a company for a project worth RM20 million.
Their accounts were subsequently frozen and their passports confiscated by Kuala Lumpur High Court. The woman was also declared bankrupt.
It was said that from Jan 2010 to April 27, 2011, they tried to cheat a victim at an office in Jalan Tun Jugah here with help from another man.
They were charged under Section 420 of The Penal Code read together with Section 34 of the same Act.