Former Sessions Court judge jailed six months, fined RM25,000 for corruption


SHAH ALAM: A former Sessions Court judge has been sentenced to six months' jail and a RM25,000 fine, in default six months jail, by the Sessions Court here after finding him guilty of corruption.

Judge Rasyihah Ghazali handed down the sentence on Azmil Muntapha Abas, 48, a former judge at the Kuala Kubu Bharu Sessions Court, after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's case.

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