Manager duo charged with using fake police summonses

The Star

27-05-2025

KUALA LUMPUR: Two motoring programme managers have found themselves on the other side of the law, claiming trial to charges of using fake police summonses suspected to be part of a scam.
Tan Kok Ho, 43, and Denise Tan Ying Chyuan, 47, pleaded not guilty in two Magistrate's Courts here to charges of using forged saman hadir (summons to appear) notices resembling official police documents to deceive the public.
According to the charges, both accused were jointly charged with committing the offences at a shopping mall parking lot in Bukit Bintang and at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium on May 10 and 11 this year.
The charges were framed under Section 471 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 465 read with Section 34 of the same law, which provides for a maximum imprisonment of two years, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutors Nurainizatul Farhana Zainal and Syafika Azwa Fikri requested that bail be set at RM7,000 in one surety for each accused, Bernama reported.
Lawyer Phang Soon Mun, representing both of the accused, appealed for a lower bail of RM3,000 on grounds that his ­clients, who each earn RM5,000 a month, need to support their ­families.
Phang said Kok Ho, who reportedly suffers from health issues, requires regular hospital visits and both the accused had cooperated fully during the investigation.
Magistrate Atiqah Mohamed @ Mohamad Saim then set bail at RM2,500 in one surety for each of the accused, while magistrate Illi Marisqa Khalizan fixed bail at RM3,500 in one surety.
Both courts fixed July 2 for mention.
A viral video previously circulated on social media showing an individual receiving a notice resembling a police summons placed on a car windscreen, sparking public concern over what appeared to be a new scam tactic.