PUTRAJAYA: A CEO of TH Heavy Engineering Bhd, which was a former associate company of Lembaga Tabung Haji, has to serve a five-year jail term after he lost his appeal against conviction on three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) and two counts of money laundering totalling RM1.57mil.
Datuk Nor Badli Munawir Mohamad Alias Lafti’s appeal against his conviction was dismissed by the Court of Appeal’s three-member bench comprising Justices Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Azmi Ariffin yesterday.
Nor Badli, 57, who was on a RM600,000 bail pending disposal of his appeal, was ordered to begin his jail sentence yesterday.
He was, however, spared the rotan as he is above 50 years of age.
In delivering the court’s decision, Justice Vazeer maintained the five-year imprisonment imposed on Nor Badli by the High Court for the CBT charges and the three-year jail for the money laundering charges.
He ordered the sentences to run concurrently, which means Nor Badli will have to serve only five years in jail.
Justice Vazeer, however, acquitted and discharged Nor Badli on two CBT charges and two money laundering charges.
Nor Badli was initially charged with five counts of committing CBT and five counts of money laundering. He was acquitted of one money laundering charge and convicted of the other nine charges. The prosecution did not appeal against his acquittal, Bernama reported.
