Lawyer, 3 men begin jail term for misappropriating RM5mil land
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- 02 May 2023
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Court of Appeal says the sentences imposed 10 years ago were commensurate with the gravity of the offences committed.
Four men, including a lawyer, today began jail terms of between four and five-and-a-half years after the Court of Appeal upheld their conviction and sentence for offences relating to the misappropriation of land valued at RM5 million and on money laundering charges.
It was their final appeal against conviction and sentence by a sessions court handed down 10 years ago.
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Kamaludin Md Said said there was no merit in the appeal brought by lawyer Zainudin Maksom, 51.
The panel also rejected the appeals of G Narayen, 67, Siew Fui Kong, 64, and P Dharmendran, 48.
“We have gone through the appeal records and grounds of judgment (of the lower courts). They did not err in law and facts.
“The sentences imposed were also commensurate with the gravity of the offences,” said Kamaludin, who sat with Justices Hadhariah Syed Ismail and Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim.
The court went on to issue a warrant of committal against the four, who remained calm when the verdict was delivered.
All four were on bail pending the final outcome in the Court of Appeal. Read More…
