Former MyWatch chairman Sanjeevan freed on blackmail charge


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Thursday (Oct 27) freed former Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force (MyWatch) chairman R. Sri Sanjeevan (pic) on a charge of blackmailing a businessman nine years ago.

A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya allowed his final appeal to quash his conviction after ruling that his conviction was not safe.

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