KOTA KINABALU: Former Sabah Water Department deputy director Teo Chee Kong has been given a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) by the particular corruption courtroom right here on Friday (Feb 18).
He has been ordered to pay a RM30mil high quality through a compound discover, which is a type of punitive punishment, stated the Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Legal and Prosecuting Division senior director Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah.
Teo, 57, was dealing with a complete of 146 money laundering fees involving RM32.93mil.
He was first charged in December 2017.
Faridz stated the act of issuing the compound discover was a hit on the prosecution’s half, and that it does not have an effect on the fees and ongoing circumstances involving different suspects to this scandal.
Earlier, Judge Abu Bakar Manat made the order after the MACC prosecuting group determined not to proceed with the case.
On Dec 29 2016, former Sabah Water Department director Awang Mohd Tahir Mohd Talib, his spouse Fauziah Piut, and state Finance Ministry advisor and retired deputy director of the division Lim Lam Beng, have been slapped with separate fees at a Sessions Court for money laundering involving RM61.5mil.
