THE STAR, SEPT 17 1994
Ex-MD gets RM200,000 compensation
IPOH, A former company managing director was awarded RM200,000 as compensation for his unlawful dismissal five years ago following a settlement in the industrial court here.
Associated Air-pak industries (Aapi) Sdn Bhd decided on settlement with Chin Yoon Loy halfway though the hearing on Wednesday.
The company said the settlement was reached without admission of liability.
It was also agreed that Chin would sell his shares to Aapi’s board of directors.
Chin had brought the case to the industrial court in 1990, claiming that he had been unjustly dismissed.
He said he was employed as managing director and was also a company director.
Chin said when he sought approval to sell his shares, the Aapi board of directors resolved to remove his as managing director on Sept 30, 1989.
He said that on Nov 12, 1989, the board further resolved to remove him as company director.
The hearing was before court chairman Tan Kim Siong.
THE STAR, JULY 19 1994
Former MD pleads not guilty
Ipoh: A former managing director charged with four counts of cheating his company pleaded not guilty in a magistrate’s court here yesterday.
Chin Yoon Loy, 45< was granted bail of RM2,000 for the first three charges and RM1,000 for the fourth charge, by magistrate Puan Indera Nehru. He raised the bail.
Indera fixed Dec 21 and Dec 22 for hearing.
Chin, who is alleged to have cheated Associted Air Pak Industries Sdn Bhd (Aapi) when he was the managing director,denied:
- DECEITFULLY approving a payment voucher and, therefore, cheated the then director, P. Chandran Kumar into signing a Development and Commercial Bank cheque for RM900.35 at the APPI office on March 7, 1984.
- DECEITFULLY approving a payment voucher and, therefore, cheated Chandran into signing a D & C Bank cheque for RM563.20 at the same office on Oct 30,1985 and
- DECEITFULLY claiming travelling allowance for five days instead of four and, therefore, cheated Chandran into signing a D & C Bank cheque for RM750 instead of RM600, on April 2, 1984
He faces a separate charge of deceitfully approving a payment voucher for travelling allowance under the name of Ghazali Jusoh and, therefore, cheated Chandran Kumar into signing a D & C Bank cheque for RM750 on April 2, 1984.
Chin is charged under section 420 of the penal code and can ge jailed a maximum of seven years if convicted.
Earlier counsel Jerald Allen Gomez said Chin had field a suit at the Industrial Court against APPI for unlawful dismissal.
He applied for the charges against Chin to be heard before the Industrial Court hearing in September, saying that since complaint, Chandran, was also involved in the Industrial Court proceedings.
However, Indera dismissed the application.
“I do not see any conflict in both cases (although it involved the same parties) as one is a criminal case and the other is an Industrial Court matter,” she said.
The Sun, September 26 1996
Oct 28 decision on discharge application
Ipoh, Wednesday – A magistrate’s court here will decide on Oct 28 the application by the prosecution to a discharge not amounting to acquittal for a former managing director facing four counts of cheating.
Prosecuting officer chief inspector Jude Pereira made an application to magistrate S. Indra Nehru that the accused, Chin Yoon Loy, be given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.
“I have received instruction that the DPP is reviewing Chin’s case and has directed a fresh investigation. It involves the same exhibits and witnesses and the prosecution wants a joint trial,” Pereira said.
Chin, former managing director of Associated Air Pak Industries Sdn Bhd (AAPI) is charged with deceitfully approving a payment voucher for a travel claim by Ghazali Jusoh.
He is accused of deceiving the former AAPI director Chandra Kumar into signing a D & C Bank cheque for RM750 on April 2, 11 years ago.
Chin faces three other charges of cheating kumar into signing a D & C bank cheque at the AAPI office at Jelapang Industries Estate here on March 7, 1984.
Defence counsel Jerald Gomez submitted that his client’s case should not be put on hold for an indefinite period without acquittal when the prosecution is unable to proceed.
RM200,000 for Unlawful Dismissal Claim