Senior cop gets RM42mil fine, 10 years' jail for money laundering


PUTRAJAYA: A senior police officer was sentenced to 10 years' jail and fined RM42mil by the Court of Appeal on eight charges of money laundering involving a total sum of RM3.35mil.

A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Has Zanah Mehat, Datuk Nordin Hassan and Datuk Hashim Hamzah allowed the prosecution’s appeal to enhance Deputy Superintendent Mohd Ismail Syed Merah’s jail sentence.

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