KUALA LUMPUR: Former Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) president Datuk Bakaruddin Othman was acquitted and discharged by the Court of Appeal over the use of the council's funds for renovating his house.
Justice Mohtarudin Baki, who chaired a three-member panel, also set aside the Shah Alam Sessions Court's decision to jail Bakaruddin for three years and fine of RM132,500.
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