MACC drops appeal against acquittal of senior cop in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: A senior policeman’s three-year legal tangle over a graft charge ended abruptly after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission withdrew its appeal against his acquittal.

Deputy public prosecutor Rozana Abdul Hadi applied to withdraw the appeal against ACP Abd Radzak Abd Ghani, 56, before High Court Justice Nurchaya Arshad here today.

She said she was applying for the withdrawal following instructions from the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya.

Radzak was represented by counsel Zahir Shah.

Nurchaya struck out the appeal and affirmed the Sessions Court’s decision on Jan 23 last year to acquit Radzak of the corruption charge.

Radzak was accused of abusing his position as one of the decision makers for a tender on April 1, 2014, awarding a RM432,000 food supply contract for lock-up detainees to a company owned by his nephew, Sharial Taufan Nerawi.

He was accused of committing the offence at the Sabah police commissioner’s office meeting room at the Sabah police contingent headquarters here.

Radzak, who was then the Sabah police Logistics Department head, was charged under Section 23 of the Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, punishable under Section 24 of the same Act.

On Jan 23, 2017, Sessions Court judge Abu Bakar Manaf held that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Radzak and acquitted him of the charge. --FMT