Friday, 26 May 2017 | MYT 10:35 AM
Former KL CID chief acquitted of failing to declare sources of income
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah (pic) has been acquitted and discharged by a Sessions Court here for allegedly failing to declare all his sources of income four years ago.
Judge Sohaini Alias made the decision after finding the defence had raised a reasonable doubt in the case.
Ku was all smiles outside the courtroom after the verdict was delivered.
"Thank you, thank you," he said when approached by the media on Friday.
Ku was accused of intentionally failing to comply with the prosecutor's notice under Section 49(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 dated Dec 23, 2013.
He is accused of having failed to declare all sources of income in his sworn statement dated Jan 8, 2014, and is charged under Section 49(3) of the Act.
The offence is said to have been committed at the MACC headquarters in Putrajaya between Dec 23, 2013, and Jan 21, 2014.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Budiman Lutfi Mohamed prosecuted and Ku was represented by lawyer Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent
Read more at http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/26/ex-cid-chief-acquitted-of-failing-to-declare-sources-of-income/#jBlqQ36uSVKZBObl.99
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