Wheelchair-bound admin assistant burst into tears of joy as court upholds acquittal on charge of false medical claims

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A suspended administrative assistant from the Defence Ministry's Air Logistics Headquarters burst into tears after the Court of Appeal here upheld her acquittal on seven charges of allegedly submitting false claims for medication totalling nearly RM11,000 in 2013.

Justice Datuk Kamardin Hashim, who chaired a three-member bench, said the prosecution's appeal against wheelchair-bound Siti Nor Hakiki Abdullah's acquittal without her defence being called at the end of the prosecution's case did not have merits.