PUTRAJAYA: A former chief executive officer of a Tabung Haji associate company, TH Heavy Engineering Bhd, Datuk Nor Badli Munawir Mohamad Alias Lafti will serve his five-year jail term today for corruption.
This is after a three-member bench Court of Appeal led by Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin dismissed Nor Nor Badli Munawir's final attempt to set aside his conviction and sentence for committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering amounting RM1.57 million and RM1.1 million, respectively.
Counsels Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik and Datuk K. Kumaraendran confirmed this when contacted.
Hisyam, however, said the appellate court allowed his client to appeal for four charges (two CBT and two money laundering).
Initially, the father of six was charged with five counts of CBT totalling RM2.58 million and four counts of money laundering amounting to RM2.17 million.
"He is convicted for five charges – three CBT and two money laundering," he said briefly.
As for CBT charges, Nor Badli Munawir was found guilty of misappropriating three cheques RM400,000, RM570,000 and RM600,000 at the office of THHE Fabricators Sdn Bhd, Level 23, Tower B, Menara UOA, Bangsar here between April and October 2013.
The offence falls under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years, with whipping, and is liable to fine, if found guilty.
The accused is also guilty to accept RM570,000 and RM600,000 in unlawful activity from Bicara Sepakat Sdn Bhd director Murhasmee Mukhtar at a restaurant in Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya near here between 6pm and 8pm on June 26, 2013 and Sept 1, 2013, respectively.
The charges were made under Section 4(1)(a) of The Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, which provides a maximum fine of RM5 million or imprisonment for up to five years or both.
