Herisyam Abdul Wahid, 48, entered the plea after the charge was read out to him before Judge Rozilah Salleh.

According to the charge, Herisyam is alleged to have deceived a 41-year-old man into handing over RM100,000 to help secure an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a gas pipeline replacement project from Petronas Gas Bhd.

He is alleged to have committed the offence at a restaurant at Persiaran Sukan in Section 13 here in April 2018.

The offence, framed under Section 417 of the Penal Code, provides for imprisonment for up to five years or a fine or both upon conviction.

The court allowed Herisyam bail of RM8,000 in one surety as well as the public prosecutor’s application to transfer the case to the Kuala Lumpur sessions court to be heard with four other charges under Section 417 on Feb 21.

MACC deputy public prosecutor Fadhli Ab Wahab conducted the prosecution, while Baharuddin Ahmad Kassim represented Herisyam.