MACC officer gets 3 years' jail, whipping for dishonest misappropriation of RM29mil linked to former spy chief's case


KUALA LUMPUR: A Senior Superintendent of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was on Friday (Feb 18) sentenced to three years’ jail and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for misappropriation of US$6.94mil (RM29.04mil) in cash evidence linked to a major corruption case.

Judge Suzana Hussin handed down the sentence after Shahrum Nizam Baharuddin, 41, changed his plea to guilty to an alternative charge when the case came up for mention on Friday.

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