Ex-imam jailed for pocketing alms


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The Magistrate’s Court on Saturday (Oct 15) sentenced a former imam to jail for three months after he was found guilty of misappropriating money from a mosque’s donation box.

Sufri Mega, 51, formerly an imam and chairman of the mosque takmir committee, had initially denied the charge.

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