IF we somehow forget Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo’s eight years as Selangor Menteri Besar, we should at least remember him as the guy who inserted into public consciousness the idea of community service as a form of alternative sentencing in Malaysia.
On Tuesday, the outcome of his appeal case at the Federal Court was a top news item. And it’s not just because the five-man panel upheld his conviction by the High Court for corruption (or more specifically, for using his position to obtain two plots of land and a bungalow in Shah Alam eight years ago).
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