PUTRAJAYA, March 2 — The Court of Appeal today upheld the eight-year prison sentence and RM977,560 fine imposed on former Pandan Umno division chief Abd Ghani Ismail, who was found guilty of 10 counts of corruption involving RM193,512 between May 2006 and March 2007.
“After examining the appeal record and all the evidence and reasons for the judgement by the Sessions Court, we found that the decision can be defended and there is no error by the Sessions Court that requires the intervention of the High Court and the Court of Appeal. On another charge of soliciting a bribe for the appointment of a company as a contractor, Judge Hanipah said the court found there was no error by the High Court judge that required the intervention of the Court of Appeal.
According to the nine charges, Abd Ghani as Ampang Jaya Municipal Council tender committee member at the time, was charged with soliciting and accepting bribes from a contractor Abdul Rahman Yaacob amounting to RM193,512.