Director and wife to appeal against record RM12mil bail


KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah Water Department director Ag Mohd Tahir Ag Talib and his wife Fauziah Piut were not able to raise the record RM12mil bail imposed on them in the “Watergate” case and their lawyer will be appealing against the amount today.

Counsel P. J. Pareira said he would file the appeal soon at the Kota Kinabalu High Court against the bail set by Sessions Court judge Ummu Kalthom Abdul Samad.

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