Ex-pay TV staff faces 743 charges, faints in court on 30th
KUALA LUMPUR: A former employee of a pay TV company fainted in court after the 30th of 743 charges was read out to her for allegedly tampering with customer account data by converting regular accounts to corporate accounts.
Nora Idayu Jaafar,48, collapsed in the dock shortly after entering her non-guilty plea to the 30th charge before Sessions Court judge Norma Ismail.
The proceedings had to be halted while the court's security personnel and medical assistants from the Kuala Lumpur Hospital were deployed to the courtroom to provide assistance.
After Nora Idayu regained consciousness, Norma released her on a RM10,000 bail in one surety for all 30 charges.
The judge ordered her to return to the court on June 26 to face the remaining 713 charges.
The court also ordered her to report to the police station once a month and surrender her passport.
Nora Idayu, who was an associate of the commercial support unit, is accused of converting the regular clients account to corporate account without authorisation on Astro's Amdocs CRM database.
She claimed trial to each of the 30 charges framed under Section 5(1) of the Computer Crimes Act punishable under Section 5(4) of the same act.
Each charge carries a maximum fine of RM100,000 or a jail term not exceeding seven years or both upon conviction.
She allegedly committed the offences at Astro's office in Menara Icon at Jalan Tun Razak.
Deputy public prosecutor Rohaiza Abdul Rahman prosecuted while Nora Idayu had no legal representation.
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