Inspector acquitted of receiving RM6,200 to settle smuggling cases

After two years of full trial for allegedly receiving RM6,200 to settle separate criminal cases involving ketum and cigarette smuggling, a relieved police inspector walked free today.

The Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today granted full acquittal to Kalvinderjit Singh, 36, following its finding that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie (answerable) case over the two charges against the police officer, who is attached to the narcotics criminal investigation division of Jasin district police headquarters...