Court acquits firm director of extorting Sunway tycoon charge


PETALING JAYA: A company director was acquitted of a charge of extorting RM5mil from Sunway Group chairman Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah after the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) decided not to pursue the case.

On Feb 27,2019, Cheah Chyuan Yong, 39, pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court to the charge of extorting the Sunway chairman by threatening to make public a letter from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

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