A businessperson and a former owner of a computer software company were fined a total of RM230,000 after pleading guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to charges of making false claims for employment incentives under the Penjana Kerjaya programme.

Judge Azura Alwi fined 31-year-old businessman G Dharmaseelan RM180,000, in default 20 months in jail, while Mohd Hamdi Mohamed Zain, 44, was fined RM50,000, in default 10 months in prison.