Isa Samad gets 6 years jail, RM15.45m fine for corruption

Former Felda chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad was sentenced to six years in jail and a fine of RM15.45 million for nine counts of corruption linked to the purchase of a hotel in Sarawak.

The High Court in Kuala Lumpur meted out the sentence today, after having earlier ruled that the defence failed to raise reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case against the accused...