Ex-aide to Penang assembly speaker fails to get leave to appeal, to serve 30-month jail term


PUTRAJAYA: Khor Khan Khai, former special aide to the Penang assembly speaker, has to serve 30 months in jail for outraging the modesty of a woman almost four years ago after failing to obtain leave from the Court of Appeal to appeal his conviction.

Khor, 43, had to obtain leave before he would be allowed to pursue his appeal in the Court of Appeal under Section 50 (2) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 as his case originated from the Magistrate's Court.

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