Judge Suzana Hussin handed down the sentence after Shahrum Nizam Baharuddin, 41, changed his plea to guilty to an alternative charge when the case came up for mention today. — Reuters pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 – A Senior Superintendent of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was today sentenced to three years’ jail and two strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here for misappropriation of US$6.94 million (RM29.04 million) in cash evidence linked to a major corruption case.
Judge Suzana Hussin handed down the sentence after Shahrum Nizam Baharuddin, 41, changed his plea to guilty to an alternative charge when the case came up for mention today.
He was ordered to serve the jail sentence from the date of arrest, which was September 13, 2021.
Prior to this case, the MACC confirmed having detained three of its officers for investigation into allegations of power abuse and misappropriation in the case involving former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) director-general Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid.
On April 12, 2021, Hasanah was given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal by the High Court here on a charge of committing criminal breach of trust involving US$12.1 million belonging to the Malaysian government. – Bernama