Headmaster gets 18 months' jail, fined RM9k for misappropriating school funds


KOTA KINABALU: A headmaster was sentenced to 18 months' jail and fined RM9,000 for three counts of power abuse over the misappropriation of school funds between 2016 and 2017.

Brahim Zakaria, 55, pleaded guilty to alternate charges related to the misappropriation of funds amounting to RM14,300 after they were read before judge Abu Bakar Manat at the Sandakan Special Corruption Court on Thursday (July 2).

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Headmaster , Misappropriation , Power abuse , MACC

   

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