Company MD gets 10 years' jail for umrah package fraud


SUNGAI PETANI: A managing director of a company was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Magistrate's Court here after he was found guilty of 23 counts of fraud related to umrah and Egypt tour package between 2015 and 2016.

Magistrate Arif Mohamad Shariff made the decision after finding that the prosecution had succeeded in proving the case beyond reasonable doubt against the accused Misbahalmunir Omar, 56.

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