Former MEX II director charged with making fake progress payment claims
A former director of a construction company pleaded not guilty in the Kuala Lumpur sessions court today to 17 charges of using forged documents to make progress payment claims worth more than RM300 million for a highway project eight years ago.
Utusan Malaysia reported that Yap Wee Leong, 68, the former director of Mex II Sdn Bhd and concessionaire of the Mex II Highway, entered his plea after the charges were read to him before judge Rosli Ahmad.
Yap was accused of using 17 falsified documents to make claims totalling RM314.48 million.
The documents allegedly involved claims for site clearance, temporary works, earthworks, geotechnical works, drainage works and subgrade pavement works.
The documents pertained to the proposed MEX II Highway, a link from Putrajaya to KLIA undertaken by Maju Holdings…
