KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — A gas supplier company was fined RM350,000 by the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today for unlawfully distributing 438,312kg of liquefied petroleum gas to an unlicenced company between February and August 2020.
Judge Noor Ruzilawati Mohd Nor fined Heng Seng & Company Sdn Bhd, represented by its director Tan Kim Soon, RM350,000 in total.
Tan pleaded guilty to seven charges, with each carrying a RM50,000 fine.
According to the first to seventh charges, the company, a CSA licence holder, was found selling controlled goods (liquefied petroleum gas) amounting 438,312kg to Pure Gas Enterprise without proper authorisation, a violation under sub-regulation 9(2) of the Control of Supplies Regulations 1974.
The offence punishable under Section 22(2) of the Control of Supplies Act 1961 provides a maximum fine of RM2 million, with subsequent offences attracting fines of up to RM5 million.
The offence was committed at a premises in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, between February 6, 2020 and August 25, 2020.
The prosecution was conducted by Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) deputy public prosecutor Nurul’Ain Shafie and prosecuting officer Firdaus Ruslan, while the company was represented by lawyer Datuk Abu Bakar Isa Ramat.
— Bernama
