EIGHT former petrol station attendants in Kemaman claimed trial in the magistrate’s court today to 45 charges of abusing indent cards belonging to Bukit Aman, five years ago.

Mohamad Amirul Izzat Mohamad, Md Nazrul Khusairi Mohamad Ros, Muhamad Ikhwan Ruslan, Muhamad Aidil Mohd Kamal, Muhamad Khairi Fakhri Abd Karim, Khairul Fadhli Bahar, Abdullah Hassani Basri and Iskandar Zulkarnain Adenan – aged 23 to 32 – made the plea after the charges were read out to them.

The men were accused of fraudulently or dishonestly using police indent cards with values between RM50 to RM830.05 from October to December 2017.

The charges, framed under section 403 of the penal code, provide for a maximum prison sentence of five years and a fine, and whipping.

Magistrate Tengku Eliana Tuan Kamaruzaman allowed all the accused bail at amounts of between RM5,500 and RM30,500 in one surety each.

Deputy public prosector Nur Azhani Azman prosecuted while Nurul Farhana Shamsudin represented all the accused. – Bernama, September 25, 2022.