JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 6 — A company director and a factory worker claimed trial in the Magistrate’s and Sessions Courts here today to charges including the theft of a lorry, dangerous driving, obstructing a police officer and drug possession.
Chai Min Quan, 39, and Low Boon Lai, 37, pleaded not guilty after the lorry theft charge was read to them in Malay by a court interpreter before Magistrate A. Shaarmini.
According to the charge, the two men allegedly stole a CD45-model lorry belonging to Max Theu Zhi Wei from a parking area in front of the BHP Plentong petrol station along Jalan Mutiara 4, Taman Plentong, Masai, near here, at 7.40am on September 30.
They were charged under Section 379A of the Penal Code for motor vehicle theft, which carries a prison term of between one and seven years and a fine upon conviction.
