High Court acquits Baling MP’s brother of abetment charges


KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Abdul Latif Abdul Rahim has been granted a full acquittal by the High Court from two charges of abetting his younger brother, Baling MP Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez, relating to allegations of bribery involving highway construction projects and road upgrades in Perak and Kedah.

In his decision, Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah said the court was empowered under Section 254(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code to exercise its discretionary power regarding a discharge amounting to an acquittal.

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