SHAH ALAM: Encorp Berhad group chief executive officer Hazurin Harun was charged at the Sessions Court here yesterday with two counts of criminal breach of trust involving over RM1 million.
The 54-year-old pleaded not guilty to the charges framed under Section 409 of the Penal Code before judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin.
According to the first charge, Hazurin is accused of CBT by paying LMC Mining Sdn Bhd RM350,000 via a cheque from Encorp Construction & Engineering Sdn Bhd.
The money, which was paid for the delivery of 20,000 tonnes of Kaolin from a mine in Chemor, Perak, was meant for the delivery of silica in stages from the same mine.
For the second charge, Hazurin is accused of CBT by paying RM700,000 to LMC Mining Sdn Bhd via an online bank transfer to book a 50,000 tonne merchant ship to transport silica from Lumut, Perak to Nanton, China.
The money was meant for the phased delivery of silica from a mining site in Kinta, Perak.
The offences were allegedly committed at a bank in Sunway Giza on June 21 and Sept 15 last year
If convicted, Hazurin faces a jail term of up to 20 years, caning and a fine.
Prosecution was handled by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutor Muaz Ahmad Khairuddin.
Muaz proposed bail be set at RM50,000 with one surety, and requested Hazurin report himself to MACC every month and surrender his passport.
Hazurin's lawyer, Aizul Rohan Anuar did not object.
Nasir set bail at RM50,000 and set Jan 7 for case remention.
It was previously reported that Encorp suspended Hazurin amid a MACC probe into the embezzlement of RM1.5 million from the company.