Umno MP and aide get six-year jail terms

March 01, 2012

Abdul Rahman was found guilty of eight counts of making false claims totalling RM80,000.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — Umno MP for Sabak Bernam Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakri and his aide Rosli Busro were sentenced today to six years’ jail and fined RM400,000 each for making false claims.

But the Shah Alam Sessions Court granted them a stay of execution pending appeal.

The court had yesterday found the two guilty on eight counts of making false claims totalling RM80,000 for events that never took place four years ago.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmaker was accused of committing the offences while a Sungai Air Tawar assemblyman before Election 2008.

The 47-year-old was charged under section 11(c) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 in November 2009 with falsely claiming RM10,000 each time between January 21 and February 4, 2008.

Sessions Court judge Azhaniz Teh Azman Teh had found the two guilty after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case.

Despite being pronounced guilty, there will be no by-election in the constituency as Abdul Rahman has served more than two-thirds of his term.