October 30, 2009

Bursa fines Energreen, Kosmo directors over RM900,000

Written by The Edge Financial Daily
Friday, 30 October 2009 00:36

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bursa Malaysia Securities-listed Energreen Corporation Bhd’s directors have been publicly reprimanded and fined a total of nearly RM650,000 for failure to submit its financial statements by the stipulated deadlines and failure to provide accurate information to investors.

In a statement on Oct 29, Bursa Securities said it had found Energreen and 12 directors to be in breach of several listing requirements (LRs) while the company was listed on Bursa Securities.

They are former chairman Datuk Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Saad, who was fined RM2,250, former managing director Ang Sun Beng (a total of RM240,000), Choong Khoong Beng (RM4,500), Ong Wee Meng (RM4,500), Datuk Wira Jamaludin Abd Rahim (RM5,000), former audit committee chairman Badrul Hassan Mohamed Kassim (RM16,000), group managing director Datuk Abd Ghani Ali Kadir (RM274,000), Chin Kuet Lee (RM55,200), former chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Shariff Omar (RM9,050), Datuk Chee Hong Leong (RM13,300), Soh Yew Aun (RM17,000) and Dr Roslan A Ghaffar (RM8,500).

Bursa Securities also publicly reprimanded and fined two directors of another delisted company, KOSMO TECHNOLOGY [] INDUSTRIAL [] Bhd, a total of RM257,300 for similar breaches of LRs. Bursa Securities said the breaches were also committed when the company was still listed.