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Govt Officer fined RM50,000 for Graft

GEORGE TOWN: A Penang Fisheries Department officer has been fined RM50,000 and jailed for a day for corruption.

327 Counts of CBT, 109 Cases

BUTTERWORTH: A 33-year-old saleswoman was charged at two Sessions Courts here with 327 counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving 109 cases.

Three Mexican Brothers and Two Others sent to the Gallows for Drug Trafficking

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Bernama) -- Five people, including three Mexican brothers, were given the mandatory death sentence by the High Court here Thursday after they were found guilty of trafficking almost RM44 million worth of drug into the country four years ago.

Mirza, Mohammad Rosly acquitted and discharged of committing CBT

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Bernama) -- Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Mirza Mohammad Taiyab and former chief operating officer of Pembangunan Pelancongan Malaysia Berhad (Pempena) Mohammad Rosly Md Selamat were Thursday acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here of committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM888,000, five years ago.

Abolishing Whipping for Illegal Foreign Workers to be Proposed, says Nazri

JAKARTA, May 17 (Bernama) -- Whipping for illegal foreign workers provided for under the Immigration Act would be proposed to be abolished as the punishment is seen as inhumane, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz.

Former Negeri Sembilan RTD Director freed of Graft Charge

SEREMBAN, May 16 (Bernama) -- Former Negeri Sembilan Road Transport Department (RTD) director was acquitted and discharged by the Sessions Court here today of accepting a return flight ticket and accommodation from a driving institute to attend a meeting in Sabah two years ago.

Myanmar National jailed for setting Fire to Employer-s House

PETALING JAYA, May 16 (Bernama) -- A Myanmar national was sentenced to three months' jail by the Magistrate's Court here Wednesday for setting fire to one of the rooms in his employer's house last month.

Ex-Supervisor jailed and fined for Corruption

JOHOR BAHARU, May 16 (Bernama) -- A former supervisor was on Wednesday sentenced to two years' jail and fined RM10,000 for corruptly receiving money from a nursery owner, last year.

14 Years Jail, Rotan for Rape and Robbery

SHAH ALAM: An unemployed man was sentenced to 14 years' jail and ordered to receive eight strokes of the rotan for robbing and raping a Thai woman.

Two Iranian Men freed of Drug Trafficking Charge

KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- Two Iranian men escaped the gallows today after the High Court here freed them of a drug trafficking charge without calling for their defence.

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