Sanjeevan freed from cheating charge

Magistrate Umzarul An-Nur Umar acquits the MyWatch chairperson after complainant declines to give evidence.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairperson R Sri Sanjeevan was today acquitted of a cheating charge after the complainant decided against giving evidence in court.

Company director S Sivam was barely five minutes on the witness stand when he informed magistrate Umzarul An-Nur Umar that he was not going to give evidence against the accused.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo informed the magistrate that his client was entitled to an acquittal due to Sivam’s refusal to testify.

Umzarul then dismissed the case and gave Sanjeevan an outright acquittal.

Sanjeevan was charged with cheating Sivam, 53, into appointing him as a business consultant at Solid Transactions Sdn Bhd when he dishonestly induced the victim into believing that he held law and business degrees from Northumbria University and Camden University.

This allegedly led Sivam to hand over RM95,000 to Sanjeevan.

The offence was allegedly committed at Cheras Leisure Mall, Taman Segar, Cheras, here on June 1, 2013.

Last year, Sanjeevan, 32, claimed trial to the charge.

Sanjeevan said he was relieved with the outcome today.

“I am happy that I am free from the charge. Justice has once again been served,” he said.

In September, the Sessions Court acquitted Sanjeevan of defaming former inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar (IGP) on his Facebook page, after judge Mohammed Mokhzani Mokhtar said the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against him. -FMT