Former MIC vice-president S Balakrishnan today claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur to a charge of making false claims of more than RM12 million to the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) five years ago.

Businessperson Balakrishnan, 63, and his son Ashok Kumar, from Johor, arrived at the Jalan Duta court complex at 8.40am, wearing the orange Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) lock-up T-shirts. They were accompanied by MACC officers.

Balakrishnan was charged with making false claims for 358 geotube dewatering containers costing RM12.888 million when only 89 were supplied...