KUALA LUMPUR: A company manager pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to dishonest misappropriation of more than RM600,000 belonging to another company.
Mior Haridi Zainal Abidin, 57, made the plea after the charge was read out before judge Madihah Harullah.
He was alleged to have misappropriated RM664,140.10 belonging to DNA Padi Sdn Bhd for his own personal use by depositing the money into a CIMB Bank account belonging to his company, Temenggong Teguh Enterprise.
Mior Haridi, who has five children, was alleged to have committed the offence at the Finance Division, Bukit Aman police headquarters here at 9.14pm last April 5.
The charge, under Section 403 of the Penal Code, provides for an imprisonment up to five years and with whipping, and is liable to a fine, if found guilty.
Deputy public prosecutor S Malini Anne, who prosecuted, offered bail at RM100,000 in one surety, but lawyer P Sutheswary, representing Mior Haridi, requested for a lower bail as her client, whose three children were still schooling, was undergoing follow-up treatment for stroke at a hospital in Johor.
Madihah then set bail at RM40,000 in one surety and also ordered Mior Haridi to surrender his passport to the court. The court fixed Aug 22 for mention. — Bernama