{
  "id": 3933629,
  "title": "Lelaki didakwa salah guna lebih RM2,000 wang jualan syarikat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/lelaki-didakwa-salah-guna-lebih-rm2-000-wang-jualan-syarikat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:19:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/28/lelaki-didakwa-salah-guna-lebih-rm2-000-wang-jualan-syarikat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Malaysian businessman has pleaded not guilty in Kuala Lumpur High Court to charges of misusing company profits exceeding RM2,000. Tong Ban Tat, 44, the owner of Ah Tat Station and Ah Leng Live Mall, made the admission after the charges were read in front of Magistrate Heng Yi Min. According to the accusation, the defendant is alleged to have dishonestly and fraudulently used RM2,176 for his own purposes from the profits of the company, which were derived from selling Lenovo laptops, ThinkPad laptops, iPads, and Sacha Inchi Oil products owned by the company. The offense is alleged to have been committed under Section 403 of the Penal Code. If convicted, the defendant could face a minimum of six months and a maximum of five years in prison, along with a fine and bail of RM10,000 with a surety. The case was scheduled for a hearing on October 16.",
  "summary": "Tertuduh Tong Ban Tat didakwa melakukan kesalahan itu pada Oktober tahun lalu.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Lelaki didakwa salah guna lebih RM2,000 wang jualan syarikat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/lelaki-didakwa-salah-guna-lebih-rm2-000-wang-jualan-syarikat-3938248",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:19:05.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}