Magistrate Rashidah Baharom meted out the sentence on Redzuan Othman, 36, and Mazlan Abu Samah, 45, after they pleaded guilty to the charge.

According to the charge sheet, Redzuan, the employer of Mohamad Nashnawi Maula Rasip, failed to submit Form 34 within 48 hours of the time he was notified of the accident involving Nashnawi as required by Socso.

Nashnawi, who was then 18 years old, died in an accident while travelling from home to work in Pasir Gudang on Feb 26, 2010, but Redzuan only submitted the accident report to Socso on Oct 4 last year.

Mazlan, the employer of Ahmad Mohtaram Sadiran, only submitted an accident report involving his worker on Oct 2 last year, about a year after the accident occurred.

According to the facts of the case, Mohtaram, who was then 54, died in an accident while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru for work-related matters on Nov 11, 2017.

Redzuan and Mazlan were charged under Section 94 (c) of the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) punishable under Section 94 of the same Act, which provides a maximum of two years’ imprisonment or a fine not exceeding RM10,000 or both.

Both employers appealed for a lighter sentence on the grounds that they were not aware of the accident report procedure and they have families to support.

Rashidah reprimanded them, saying their delay in submitting the reports had caused the next of kin of their employees to wait for some time to claim the Socso benefits.