Company supervisor charged with cheating senior citizen in Ampang

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A 44-year-old company supervisor pleaded not guilty in the Ampang Magistrate's Court on Thursday (July 20) to a charge of cheating a senior citizen of RM200 by claiming he had been appointed by the local council to carry out road paving work.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A company supervisor pleaded not guilty in the Ampang Magistrate's Court on Thursday

00:05 to a charge of cheating a senior citizen of RM200 for road-paving work last week.

00:11 44-year-old K. Lechumanan nodded and claimed trial after the charge was read to him before Magistrate Normaizan Rahim.

00:18 The father of one was accused of deceiving 70-year-old Loh Meng Leong into believing that he was a contractor

00:25 appointed by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council or MPAJ and accepted the cash for road-paving work.

00:32 The offence was allegedly committed in Kampung Ampang Indah at 11am on July 10.

00:37 Lechumanan was charged under Section 417 of the Penal Code which provides for a jail term of up to five years,

00:44 a fine or both upon conviction.

00:47 The court allowed bail at RM2,500 with one surety and set August 25 for next mention.

00:53 It was reported that six men were involved in the road-paving scam in Ampang Jaya.

00:58 The suspects, aged between 20 and 44, claimed they were MPAJ contractors

01:03 and charged RM500 for road-paving work in housing areas.

01:08 The court ruled that the offence was not serious.

01:11 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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