KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here has acquitted a former pharmaceutical company director and the company's chief financial officer (CFO) from charges of submitting false claims relating to the refunds for purchases of several stickpack machines worth RM1.2 million to the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry in 2014.
Judge Rozina Ayob announced the decision after finding that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against company director Gulam Rusol Md Ismail, 60, and CFO Kamaruzzaman Kamaludeen, 50.
"The machines were no longer under the control of both the accused. Therefore they are acquitted and freed without having their defence called for the charges, with bail and passports to be returned to them," Rozina instructed. A total of 15 witnesses were called by the prosecution to testify at the trial that began on Jan 28, 2022.
The prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutors Raya Rasyidah Murni Azmi and Natrah Fareha Rahmat, while lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin represented Gulam Rusol and lawyer Muhammad Irzan Iswatt Noor Mohd was Kamaruzzaman's counsel. Gulam Rusol and Kamaruzzaman were charged under Section 18 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009. – Bernama
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