Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli and former Public Bank clerk Johari Mohamad have each been sentenced to 30 months' jail after being found guilty of leaking banking data regarding the National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd's accounts.
Sessions Court judge Zamri Bakar said the prosecution has proven their violation of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (Bafia) beyond reasonable doubt.
"On a maximum analysis, the court found that the defence had failed to raise doubt and hence the prosecution has proven the case beyond reasonable doubt," said the judge.
However, the judge allowed a stay pending appeal.
Rafizi, 40, was represented by Ahmad Nizam Hamid while Latheefa Koya appeared for Johari.
Deputy public prosecutors Lailawati Ali and Steve Chin appeared for the prosecution.
The duo was ordered to enter their defence by Zamri on Oct 25.
Rafizi and Johari were charged in 2012 under Section 97 of Bafia for the disclosure of four accounts linked to NFC and its chairperson Mohd Salleh Ismail, who is the husband of Umno Wanita chief Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
Although the Act was repealed in 2013, the PKR vice-president’s charges under Bafia still stand.
[More to follow]
-Mkini
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