Former JKKK chairman pleads guilty, fined RM150,000 for misappropriating funds


IPOH: A former Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) chairman was fined RM150,000 for misappropriating funds entrusted to him for the building of a mosque in Tanjung Malim.

Zulkifle Othman, 59, pleaded guilty to one of the three charges brought against him by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) under Section 417 of the Penal Code for cheating before Sessions Court judge S. Indra Nehru on Wednesday (April 28).

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