Klang: A former director of a company offering umrah packages was charged in a separate Magistrate’s Court here with two counts of dishonest misappropriation of property, amounting to RM48,960.20, two years ago. Datuk Zulkarnain Endut, 44, pleaded not guilty to both charges.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, in the court before Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat, Zulkarnain was charged with misappropriating property, in the form of cash totalling RM27,960.20, belonging to a 45-year-old man in Jalan Tanjung Shawal, Klang, between February 1 and July 28, 2023.

He faced another charge before Magistrate Nor Azilah Mat, along with another person still at large, for misappropriating RM21,000 given to them by a man for an umrah package with Emraz Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd. This offence was committed in Bandar Sultan Suleiman, Klang, between February 23 and March 29, 2023.

Both charges were framed under Section 403 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment for up to five years with whipping and is liable to a fine if found guilty.

Magistrates Siti Zubaidah and Nor Azilah allowed him bail of RM2,500 and RM6,000, respectively, and set September 24 for mention. Deputy public prosecutors Salman Alfarisi Nawawi and Ahmad Sulfie Abu Hassan prosecuted in the respective cases, while lawyer Muhammad Nur Aiman Mohd Lazim represented Zulkarnain.