KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has struck out an appeal against the acquittal of former Sime Bank chief executive officer Datuk Ismail Zakaria over control of credit limit and criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges involving RM175mil due to non-attendance of a prosecutor.
Justice Mohd Azman Husin struck out the appeal upon hearing an application by Ismail’s counsel Kitson Foong. Foong applied to the judge to discharge and acquit Ismail, 73, on grounds that the prosecutor from Bank Negara appeared to have no interest in their appeal against his client’s acquittal.
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