Final verdict on Peter Anthony’s forgery appeal postponed to January Posted on 26/11/2024 Melalap assemblyman Peter Anthony was found guilty of falsifying a letter from the office of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah deputy vice-chancellor for system maintenance contract work. (Bernama pic) PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has postponed its decision on Melalap assemblyman Peter Anthony’s final appeal against his forgery conviction, originally set for Wednesday, to Jan 9. A text message from the media unit of the Federal Court chief registrar’s office confirmed the postponement today but did not specify the reason. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s legal and prosecution division director, Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who is the lead prosecutor in the case, also confirmed the deferment. The Court of Appeal bench hearing the appeal, chaired by Justice Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim that also included Justices Zaini Mazlan and Azmi Ariffin, had concluded its proceedings in August and scheduled its decision for Wednesday. Peter, the Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat president, was convicted of forging a letter from the office of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah deputy vice-chancellor for fraudulent purposes when he was a former managing director of Asli Jati Sdn Bhd. He committed the offence at the office of the late Azlin Alias, principal private secretary to then prime minister Najib Razak, between June 13 and Aug 21, 2014, at the Perdana Putra building in Putrajaya. He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined RM50,000 by the Kuala Lumpur sessions court under Section 468 of the Penal Code in 2022. The conviction was upheld by the High Court last year. Peter risks losing his Sabah state assembly seat if he loses the appeal unless he is pardoned by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong since the offence was committed in Putrajaya. Article 17(1) of the Sabah constitution states that an assemblyman will be disqualified if he or she has been convicted of an offence with a jail term of one year or more and a fine of RM2,000 or above. News
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Mangsa banjir kini lebih 100,000 orang di 9 negeri Posted on 30/11/2024 Keadaan banjir yang semakin memburuk turut meningkatkan jumlah mangsa yang ditempatkan di pusat pemindahan sementara. (Gambar Bernama) KUALA LUMPUR: Bilangan mangsa di lapan negeri terjejas banjir terus meningkat manakala di Perak tidak berubah dan setakat 8 malam ini, jumlah mangsa berlindung di pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) adalah seramai 106,505 orang…. Read More
RM493.5m allocated for 13 flood mitigation projects in Klang, Selangor assembly told Posted on 26/11/2024 SHAH ALAM, Nov 26 — A total of 13 flood mitigation projects, with a combined allocation of RM493.5 million, are currently being implemented in Klang to reduce the risk of flooding in the district. Selangor Infrastructure and Agriculture Committee chairman Izham Hashim, said two of these projects, valued at RM359.7… Read More