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Restaurant operator acquitted of GST charge

The Sessions court in Shah Alam today acquitted a restaurant operator at Setia Alam of a charge under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act 2014.

Judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid made the decision after the prosecution applied to withdraw the charge against Syarikat Bendang Afwa Enterprise, the operator of ‘Restoran Bendang’.

Deputy public prosecution Hazril Harun told the court that the prosecution was instructed to withdraw the charge against the company, represented by Farah Jamiah Fikri, 35.

The company’s lawyer Collin Arvind Andrew said no reasons were given for the withdrawal of the accusation.

“My client was charged under Section 33(2)(b) of the GST Act 2014 for allegedly violating Section 22 of the GST Regulations 2014 by not displaying the required details in the tax invoice totalling RM21,” he said.

    

The Royal Malaysian Police had earlier failed to obtain a remand order from the court on Farah Jamiah’s husband, a lecturer, who was also present in court with her today.

The lecturer aged 34, was detained at the restaurant on April 14 and was the first individual in Selangor to be investigated under the GST Act.

On April 30, Restoran Hameeds Corner at Seksyen 16 in Shah Alam was the first restaurant to be prosecuted since the implementation of the GST on April 1.

The restaurant owner, Raja Bunesh Bagam Kamarudeen, 38, claimed trial to five counts of issuing about 2,000 tax invoices without the required details.

- Bernama

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