THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today acquitted and discharged a businessman accused of dishonestly misappropriating RM10,000 belonging to an oil and gas company by using the funds for his personal use.

Judge Sabariah Othman ordered Mohamed Noor Mohamed Amin, 50, to be released after finding the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie.

“After hearing the testimony of the prosecution witnesses and the documents presented, the court finds that the prosecution failed to establish strong evidence to prove that the RM10,000 belonged to the company, FMG Synergy Sdn Bhd.

“Therefore, there was no evidence to show that the company’s money had been misappropriated by the accused. The court hereby rules that the accused be acquitted and discharged without being called to enter his defence from the charges under section 403 of the penal code,” said the judge.

Noor was charged with dishonestly misappropriating RM10,000 belonging to FMG Synergy Sdn Bhd by using the money for his own use, which was to pay his personal credit card bills at a bank in Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur on September 19, 2018.

Deputy public prosecutor Shakira Aliana Alias prosecuted while lawyer Nurul Huda Razali represented Noor. – Bernama, August 2, 2023.