African trio claim trial to robbing Japanese man of US$30,000

KUALA LUMPUR: Three African men have pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to charges of robbing a Japanese businessman of US$30,000 last month. Patrick Samba, 34, and Ibrahim Jalloh, 36, both from Sierra Leone, along with Liberian Douglas Daniel Devine, 38, were charged on Wednesday (Sept 11) with robbing 58-year-old Hiroyuki Azuma of US$30,000...

Co-op chairman claims trial to misappropriating over RM420,000

SEREMBAN: A 73-year-old chairman of a cooperative in a land scheme claimed trial to a charge of misappropriating RM422,440. Zainol Ishak pleaded not guilty after the charge was read before Sessions Court judge Meor Sulaiman Ahmad Tarmizi on Tuesday (April 30). He was charged with committing the offence at a bank in Gemas between August 2020 and...

Contractor claims trial to cheating teacher of over RM300,000

SEREMBAN: A contractor has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of cheating a teacher of RM310,500. Muhamad Syafiq Harun, 29, who runs an artificial grass business, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to him before judge Norshila Kamaruddin here. The accused is said to have cheated the 43-year-old victim into believing...