PUTRAJAYA, Sept 18 – A businessman, who is also a member of Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holding (GISBH), pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of making criminal threats against a woman on Sept 9.
The accused, Mohamad Riza Makar, 39, entered the plea after the charge was read out before Magistrate Ahmad Afiq Hasan.
Mohamad Riza was charged with criminally intimidating the 25-year-old woman, a former GISBH member, to cause fear so that she would withdraw a police report she had filed.
The offence was allegedly committed at a parking lot in Precinct 4 at about 10 pm on Sept 9.
The accused, who has three wives and 10 children, is alleged to have threatened the woman by saying, “We’ll wait, we know where your house, husband and family are.”
The offence, under Section 506 of the Penal Code, carries a penalty of up to two years in prison, a fine, or both.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutor Mohd Sabri Othman while the accused was represented by lawyer Zulfikri Ulul Azmin.
Ahmad Afiq allowed the accused to be released on a RM10,000 bail in one surety and set the condition that the accused must not disturb, approach or contact the complainant throughout the trial. He is also required to report to a police station in the first week of every month.
The court set Oct 18 this year for mention.
