Appellate court upholds ex-DBKL deputy director's bribery acquittal

A former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) senior deputy director who was acquitted of a charge of accepting bribes amounting to RM150,000 remains a free man after the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya today affirmed his acquittal.

A three-member panel comprising judges P Ravinthran, Mariana Yahya and SM Komathy unanimously dismissed the prosecution's final appeal against Sabudin Mohd Salleh's acquittal...