PUTRAJAYA: 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 here affirmed his acquittal.
A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk P. Ravinthran, Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya and Datuk SM Komathy unanimously dismissed the prosecution's final appeal against Sabudin Mohd Salleh's acquittal here on Wednesday .
"The charge against the respondent refers to a time period in August 2018. However, three prosecution witnesses implied it could be in June 2018 because of the date of Hari Raya Puasa or Hari Raya Haji, and it was not very clear. This was no major reason for the Sessions Court to accept the evidence of the three prosecution witnesses.
Sabudin, 61, who was senior deputy director at DBKL's Civil Engineering and Urban Transportation Department, was charged with corruptly receiving RM150,000 from Chia Chee Seng, who is a director of Tegap Elit Sdn Bhd, as an inducement for him to verify claims for advance payments submitted by several companies.
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