Ex-DBKL deputy director jailed 4 years, fined RM1m for corruption

Former Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) senior deputy director Sabudin Mohd Salleh was sentenced to four years in prison and fined RM1 million by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today, on two charges of obtaining bribes amounting to RM200,000 for issuing work permits to a subcontractor.

Judge K Muniandy meted out the sentence after allowing the prosecution’s appeal to set aside the Sept 15, 2022, decision of the Sessions Court to free Sabudin, 62, of both the corruption charges.

He ordered the four-year prison sentence...