KLANG, Dec 14 (Bernama) -- A former project manager of Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB) was charged in the Sessions Court here today with 24 counts of cheating involving RM116.85 million, making him the fourth person to be charged in the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal.

Law Jenn Dong, 51, pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail of RM250,000 with one surety.

The case will be mentioned on Feb 4 next year.

Law is alleged to have cheated the Port Klang Authority (PKA) to obtain confirmation of payment of RM116.85 million for a company, KLSB, involving two mammoth projects in the PKFZ.

The offences were allegedly commited at the PKA in Jalan Pelabuhan Utara, Port Klang, between June 30, 2006, and May 30, 2008.

He faces a maximum two years jail and whipping on each charge if convicted.

Law was the second officer from KDSB, the contractor of the PKFZ project, to be taken to court over the scandal.

Last Thursday, former PKA general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang and two others pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and cheating by making false claims.

Phang, who faces three counts of CBT involving a total of RM254.84 million, was released on bail of RM350,000 while Steven Abok, chief operating officer of KDSB, and architect Bernard Tan Seng Swee, of BTA Architect, the project consultant, were jointly charged with two counts of making false claims involving RM5.42 million.

Tan was also charged with another person still at large with 24 counts of making false calims for RM122.27 million.

Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail said after the trio were charged that more individuals would be charged and the investigation would continue.