AN accounts clerk has pleaded not guilty to 133 counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM445,815 belonging to a company between 2019 and 2021. 

Teh Ya Ling, 41, who was working as an accounts clerk for a gold and jewellery assaying company, allegedly committed the offences by transferring the company’s money between October 18, 2019 and May 31, 2021. 

All the offences were committed in the company premises at Jalan Sungai, Timur Laut district in Penang. 

Teh was charged under Section 408 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum jail term of 14 years, whipping, and a fine upon conviction. 

Deputy public prosecutor Lee Jun Keong urged the court to set bail at RM100,000 and for the accused to surrender her passport to the court.  

In mitigation, Teh’s counsel, Teoh Kung Yu, pleaded for lower bail, as his client currently earned a monthly income of RM2,800 and was supporting her 81-year-old father. 

Sharmila then set bail of RM66,500, in one surety, for all charges, and ordered the accused to surrender her passport to the court until the disposal of the case. 

The court fixed February 9 for the mention and submission of documents to the court. – Bernama, December 28, 2023.