Good behaviour bond laid on Umno leader in 1MDB-linked case

UPDATED 1.50PM | Added court’s consideration of sentence after Lokman’s apology.

UPDATED 1.08PM | Added Lokman’s apology to the court.

Lokman Noor Adam got a one-year good behaviour bond over a contempt case against him linked to the ongoing RM2.27 billion 1MDB corruption trial of ex-prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

A three-person Federal Court chaired by judge P Nallini, in a unanimous decision, partly allowed the Umno supreme council member’s appeal against his one-month jail sentence.

The sentence was linked to a threat...