He had been alleged to have defrauded a company director of RM750,000 by claiming he would get the company a contract for the cleaning works at the KLCC building.

Sessions court judge Azrul Darus held that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against Shamsubahrin, 58.

“After examining the testimony of 12 witnesses and considering the arguments from both sides, the court finds that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case,” he said.

“Therefore, the accused is acquitted and released without his defence being called, and the RM30,000 bail is returned to the accused.”

The case went to trial on Jan 12 last year with 12 prosecution witnesses being called to testify.

Shamsubahrin was charged in February 2022 with defrauding a company director of Syarikat Innoseven Sdn Bhd of RM750,000 by tricking him into believing that he (accused) would get a contract for the cleaning works at the KLCC building for the company.

This made the victim hand over a Maybank cheque of RM750,000 as remuneration to the accused, at a law firm in Pantai Dalam, here, on May 24, 2019.