Ex-DID director begins 26-month jail sentence after losing final appeal in bribery case


PUTRAJAYA: Former Kuala Lumpur Department of Irrigation Drainage (DID) director, Datuk Abu Bakar Mohd Yusof began serving his 26-month prison sentence on Monday (Dec 9) after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction on three counts of accepting bribes.

A three-member bench led by Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim, Azman Abdullah and Azmi Ariffin, dismissed the final appeal against his conviction and sentence.

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