Appeals court frees ex-assistant engineer of RM400,000 graft charges


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Wednesday (Dec 10) acquitted and discharged a former assistant engineer at Maktab Teknik Polis Diraja Malaysia in Bakri, Johor, of eight corruption charges involving over RM460,000.

A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Azman Abdullah, Datuk Azmi Ariffin, and Datuk Meor Hashimi Abdul Hamid allowed the appeal by Hairudin Ngadiron, setting aside his conviction and sentence of seven years and six months' imprisonment and a fine of RM2.341mil, in default seven years.

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