Court sets April 18 for decision on Peter Anthony’s appeal

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — The High Court today set April 18 for its decision on the appeal of former Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony to set aside his conviction and three-year prison sentence and a fine of RM50,000 for forgery of letters related to a maintenance and service contract at Universiti Malaysia Sabah .

“SP8 in his testimony confirmed that he signed the letter on behalf of UMS vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Mohamad Harun Abdullah , but SP1 in his testimony said that he had never authorised SP8 to sign the letter. “The trial judge found that the element of forgery was completed when the letter was handed over to the late Datuk Azlin Alias who was then principal private secretary to former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.According to Wan Shaharuddin, the appellant knew that the project was offered through an open tender but he had cheated and intended to hijack the project.

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