Terengganu exco member Hanafiah claims trial to power abuse charge


KUALA TERENGGANU: Datuk Hanafiah Mat, chairman of the Terengganu Committee on Infrastructure, Utilities and Rural Development, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (Feb 24) at the Sessions Court to two charges of using his position to gain benefits for his family in 2018 and 2020.

The 66-year-old Chukai assemblyman entered his plea after the charges were read before Judge Azman Mustapha.

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