00:01A former finance assistant broke down in court Wednesday after pleading guilty to embezzling
00:06company funds totaling nearly 700,000 ringgit. Sina Harian reported that 47-year-old Lee Le Peng
00:12had to be helped out of the dock by two police officers after her guilty plea was entered before
00:17Judge Juraida Abbas. She faces four charges in total for criminal breach of trust against her
00:22former employer, bold Integrated Services Sendirian Berhad, where she worked as a finance assistant.
00:27In the first courtroom, Lee pleaded guilty to one charge of misappropriating company funds
00:32amounting to over 219,000 ringgit, allegedly committed between January and April of 2020
00:38at the company's premises in Jelutong. The court set bail at 8,000 ringgit with one surety.
00:43The case returns on the 22nd of April for document submission and appointment of counsel.
00:48In a second courtroom, Lee also pleaded guilty to three more charges, this time involving the
00:53misappropriation of over 457,000 ringgit from the same company spanning a longer period,
00:59from June 2017 to December 2019. All four charges fall under Section 408 of the Penal Code,
01:06which carries a minimum of one year in prison, up to a maximum of 14 years, along with caning and
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01:12fine. Appearing without legal representation, Lee appealed for reduced bail, telling the court
01:17she is a single mother, supporting two school-going children aged 17 and 18. She also informed the
01:23court that she is in the process of settling the matter out of court with the company, including
01:28repaying the money she took. The court maintained bail at 30,000 ringgit for all three charges in the
01:33second courtroom. Sentencing and case facts for those charges have been fixed for the 14th of April.
01:48for the 14th of April, a 10th of April, in September 2019. So it was the 14th of April 2021.
01:48So as long as of the request were no longer, the court can be and the court can be
01:49disperated by the Drawing is a normal以上 of the court. So it's important to her that we
01:49did, and since we decided to move to the court, she is closed for office and a very few
01:49как we had to deal with. And we have to make a lot of a lot of the court on
01:49the court.
01:49as well as to the court as a long term. As in the court, we have to apply the most
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