Umno MP for Sabak Bernam Abdul Rahman Bakri was found guilty on eight counts of making false claims totalling RM80,000 for events that never took place four years ago.
The Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmaker was accused of committing the offences while a Sungai Air Tawar assemblyman before Election 2008.
The 47-year-old was charged under Section 11(c) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 in November 2009 with falsely claiming RM10,000 each time between January 21 and February 4, 2008.
Sessions Court judge Azhaniz Teh Azman Teh delivered the ruling after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case.
Despite being pronounced guilty, there will be no by-election in the constituency as Abdul Rahman has served more than two-thirds of his term.
Abdul Rahman faces up to 20 years in jail and a fine of five times the gratification paid to him, under the law.
His aide, Mohd Rusli Busro, was also found guilty of abetting him in making the false claims.
The trial judge will deliver the sentence tomorrow.
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Considering the speed with which Datuk Shamsubahrin was investigated and charged in a bribe case involving NFC, the 4 years taken to convict this guy is mind boggling. By delaying the case, BN avoided the by-election.
Abdul Rahman Bakri's RM80,000 false claim is tip of the ice burg.
Its just peanut compares to the submarine, NFC, Raja Nong's saga..etc..
what about MAS, PFKZ,, 'King' Lion Sik , now Felda, NFC, how many more to come..??? public money purloined on some pretext or other ....by hundreds of others big and small, bred fed and shelteterd by the BN
over 52 years ....compared to the mere 80,000 by this bloke !!
The question is.... Do we still want the BN in there ?
His crime is being caught. One of our minister commented recently " I am not the only UMNO leader having problems..............I wonder what she meant. This is why she seems to be bullet proof. If anything happens to her , she can bring the house down.......just like a house of cards.
This is just tip of the iceberg..........nothing surprise us. UMNO had been corrupt for the past 50 years.When it comes to UMNO Mp's its always corruption............not forgetiing NFC and Sharizat
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