KDM confirms ex-president Peter Anthony released on parole

 The former Sabah minister was convicted of falsifying documents in 2022 and sentenced to three years in prison.

Peter Anthony is said to have been granted conditional parole. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 Former Sabah minister Peter Anthony, convicted of falsifying documents in 2022, has been released on parole, a year into his three-year sentence.

Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) deputy president Wetrom Bahanda confirmed Peter’s release but declined to provide details, the Daily Express reported.

While authorities have yet to confirm Peter’s release, the Daily Express quoted prison department sources as saying he applied for parole as soon as he was eligible and was granted conditional parole.

It is believed that Peter, who was Sabah infrastructure development minister when Warisan was in power between 2018 and 2020, was released on March 13.

Peter, then the managing director of Syarikat Asli Jati, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined RM50,000 for falsifying documents related to a maintenance and service contract at Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

In August last year, he failed in his bid to secure a retrial of his forgery charge after the Court of Appeal dismissed his application for a review. - FMT