KUALA LUMPUR: The sessions court has allowed Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) president Peter Anthony a stay of conviction in his forgery case pending his appeal to the High Court.
Judge Azura Alwi said she allowed the application after going through the affidavits, case laws as well as the written and oral submissions by Peter’s lawyers and the prosecution.
“I am satisfied and have decided to allow the stay of conviction and sentence,” she said in her brief oral ruling.
Peter filed the application in June to stay his conviction to allow him to contest a parliamentary seat in the 15th general election, which must be held by September next year.
On May 26, Azura sentenced him to three years’ jail after finding him guilty of falsifying a letter from the office of Universiti Malaysia Sabah’s (UMS) deputy vice-chancellor for system maintenance contract work.
The Melalap assemblyman was also fined RM50,000, or 15 months’ jail in default.
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