Top civil servant charged


SHAH ALAM: A top-ranking civil servant has been charged at the Sessions Court here with cheating his predecessor four years ago.

Malaysian Marine Department director-general Kapt Mohamad Halim Ahmed is accused of deceiving Datuk Baharin Abdul Hamid into issuing exemption letters to allow shipping firms to bring heavy-grade oil into Malaysian waters.

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