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The leader of a syndicate smuggling subsidised cooking oil to Thailand, known as 'Datuk John', pleaded not guilty in the Kota Baru Sessions Court on Wednesday (Oct 1) to two counts of possessing scheduled controlled goods, namely 15,483kg of cooking oil without a valid licence three years ago.

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00:00The leader of a syndicate smuggling subsidised cooking oil to Thailand pleaded not guilty
00:07in the Kota Bharu Sessions Court on Wednesday to two counts of possessing scheduled controlled
00:12goods. For the first count, Ahmad Nizamuddin Setapa, also known as Datuk John, was charged
00:19with possessing 7,135 kilograms of one kilo cooking oil packets at a premises in Kampung
00:26Nibong Bacok at 4.40pm on November 22, 2022. For the second count, the 28-year-old was accused
00:36of possessing 8,348 kilograms of one kilo cooking oil packets in front of the Kota Bharu Police
00:43Station at 9.15pm on November 24, 2022. The charges were framed under Section 21, Subsection 1
00:52of the Control of Supplies Act, 1961, punishable under Section 22, Subsection 1 of the same act.
01:01Ahmad Nizamuddin faces a maximum fine of one million ringgit, or up to three years jail,
01:07or both, upon conviction. The court allowed bail of 15,000 ringgit with one surety and ordered the
01:13accused to report to the Kelantan KPDN office on the first Sunday of each month and not to disturb
01:19any prosecution witnesses. The case was set for mention on October 29. On Monday, KPDN Kelantan
01:27Director Azman Ismail revealed that the syndicate smuggled subsidized cooking oil through illegal
01:33bases along Sungai Golok and the ICQS complex in Rantau Panjang. Large quantities were transported via
01:41Sungai Golok, while smaller amounts were smuggled in luxury vehicles driven by two enforcement officers
01:47who were arrested for alleged counter-setting for the syndicate. Investigations also revealed that
01:53Datuk John allegedly sourced the cooking oil from Negeri Sembilan and Selangor.
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