Ex-Perhilitan officer fails to strike out false claims conviction


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 11 May 2019

KUANTAN, 10 Mei -- Bekas pegawai Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara (Perhilitan) Abu Zahrim Ismail, dibawa keluar dari Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini selepas mahkamah mengekalkan hukuman penjara empat tahun dan denda RM117,000 terhadapnya, yang didapati bersalah membuat tuntutan palsu, lima tahun lepas. Hakim Datuk Zainal Azman Ab Aziz juga memerintahkan supaya Abu Zahrim, 46, menjalani hukuman penjara bermula hari ini, selepas menolak rayuannya terhadap sabitan dan hukuman oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini sebelum ini. --fotoBERNAMA (2019) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUANTAN: A former Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (Perhilitan) officer failed to set aside his four-year jail sentence and RM117,000 fine for submitting false claims over the purchase of backpacks six years ago.

The High Court here dismissed Abu Zahrim Ismail’s appeal against the conviction and sentence imposed by the Sessions Court here on Aug 27 last year, and ordered him to serve his prison sentence from yesterday.

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