Ex-MARii CEO jailed one year, fined for training contract fraud


KUALA LUMPUR: A former chief executive officer of an automotive institute was sentenced to one year in prison and fined RM100,000 for fraudulently securing an RM6.4mil automotive training contract and receiving RM5mil in cash between 2019 and 2021.

The two Sessions Courts ordered both prison sentences against the former CEO of the Malaysian Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) Datuk Mohamad Madani Sahari, to run concurrently from yesterday.

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