Former assistant engineer's corruption sentence increased to 37 years jail


KUALA LUMPUR: The Melaka High Court increased the prison sentence against a former assistant engineer at the Royal Malaysian Police Technical College in Bakri, Muar, Johor from 14 years to 37 years on eight charges of accepting bribes amounting to over RM400,000 involving works at the college.

Judge Datuk Anselm Charles Fernandis imposed the sentence on Hairudin Ngadiron, 48, and also increased the fine from RM341,000 to RM2.341 million.

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