Gold mining graft: Ex-CEO, two children discharged
Teck Yong (left) with their counsel Zahir.
KOTA KINABALU (Apr 24): The Special Corruption Court on Thursday discharged a 69-year-old former CEO and his two children in a case involving cheating and forged documents linked to alleged gold mining activities. The discharge does not amount to an acquittal.
Judge Jason Juga granted the order for Datuk Lo Fui Ming, his son Lo Teck Yong, 43, and daughter Lo Choon Fung following a request by the prosecution, which cited new developments in the case.
The court also directed the return of their international passports and the refund of their bail.
Choon Fung and Lo Fui Ming.
Fui Ming, formerly the CEO of a company, and his son, an ex-director of the same firm, were accused of cheating the Sabah government namely the Department of Lands and Surveys, by allegedly failing to report gold bar quantities and illegally selling them to a private company causing financial losses to the state between 2019 and 2023.
Fui Ming faces 24 charges under Section 418 of the Penal Code for cheating, with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to a person whose interest the offender is bound to protect while Teck Yong is charged with 24 counts of abetment.
Additionally, Fui Ming and his daughter jointly face four counts of using forged documents namely, letters under a company's name dated March 3, 2020, December 10, 2020, October 13, 2021 and January 3, 2022.
Counsel Zahir Shah represented the trio, while Norbert Yapp appeared as a watching brief for a related company.
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