The Star
By QISHIN TARIQ
KUALA LUMPUR: A father-and-son lawyer team claimed trial at a Sessions Court here to 12 charges of criminal breach of trust involving an orang asli fund amounting to about RM12mil.
S. Kanawagi, 67, is alleged to have approved the withdrawal of RM7mil from the Lingui Valley Orang Asli (Jakuns) Trust fund to buy 27 units of condominiums in Lanai Gurney, here, for his own benefit and that of Virgin Properties.
His son Dinesh Kavaji, 34, was charged with abetting his father in approving the withdrawal of RM7mil to buy properties to benefit himself and Virgin Properties, on whose board of directors he sat.
The alleged offences occurred at offices of Tetuan Khana & Co. on Jalan Abdullah, off Jalan Bangsar, between July 14, 2008 and July 13, 2009.
Kanawagi was charged with another 10 counts of CBT involving the same fund, which is alleged to have occurred at the same office between 2000 and 2009.
DPP C. Vignesh Kumar requested that no bail be offered, saying that Kanawagi had allegedly committed the crimes while on bail pending an appeal.
On May 31, 2011, Kanawagi was sentenced by a Sessions Court here to six years’ jail and fined RM80,000 for using two forged power of attorney documents and giving a false statement in court proceedings.
“He has abused the privileges given by the court by committing further offences being granted bail,” said DPP Vignesh.
Counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon countered that the other case could not be taken into account as it was pending appeal, making his client an innocent man until proven guilty.
“It was convenient of my learned friend to have left out that my client’s perjury charge was stayed, pending appeal over his forgery charge,” said Manjeet.
Pleading for lower bail, Manjeet said his clients had complied with the authorities during the course of their previous investigation and had never attempted to flee.
The prosecution clarified that only the punishment for the forgery conviction was stayed, and the accused today still counted as guilty in the previous case.
Sessions Court Judge Mahmud Abdullah set bail at RM700,000 with two sureties for Kanawagi and RM200,000 with one surety for Dinesh and fixed May 15 for case management.
The duo were also required to surrender their passports to the court.
By QISHIN TARIQ
KUALA LUMPUR: A father-and-son lawyer team claimed trial at a Sessions Court here to 12 charges of criminal breach of trust involving an orang asli fund amounting to about RM12mil.
S. Kanawagi, 67, is alleged to have approved the withdrawal of RM7mil from the Lingui Valley Orang Asli (Jakuns) Trust fund to buy 27 units of condominiums in Lanai Gurney, here, for his own benefit and that of Virgin Properties.
His son Dinesh Kavaji, 34, was charged with abetting his father in approving the withdrawal of RM7mil to buy properties to benefit himself and Virgin Properties, on whose board of directors he sat.
The alleged offences occurred at offices of Tetuan Khana & Co. on Jalan Abdullah, off Jalan Bangsar, between July 14, 2008 and July 13, 2009.
Kanawagi was charged with another 10 counts of CBT involving the same fund, which is alleged to have occurred at the same office between 2000 and 2009.
DPP C. Vignesh Kumar requested that no bail be offered, saying that Kanawagi had allegedly committed the crimes while on bail pending an appeal.
On May 31, 2011, Kanawagi was sentenced by a Sessions Court here to six years’ jail and fined RM80,000 for using two forged power of attorney documents and giving a false statement in court proceedings.
“He has abused the privileges given by the court by committing further offences being granted bail,” said DPP Vignesh.
Counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon countered that the other case could not be taken into account as it was pending appeal, making his client an innocent man until proven guilty.
“It was convenient of my learned friend to have left out that my client’s perjury charge was stayed, pending appeal over his forgery charge,” said Manjeet.
Pleading for lower bail, Manjeet said his clients had complied with the authorities during the course of their previous investigation and had never attempted to flee.
The prosecution clarified that only the punishment for the forgery conviction was stayed, and the accused today still counted as guilty in the previous case.
Sessions Court Judge Mahmud Abdullah set bail at RM700,000 with two sureties for Kanawagi and RM200,000 with one surety for Dinesh and fixed May 15 for case management.
The duo were also required to surrender their passports to the court.
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