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PUTRAJAYA (March 2): Former PKR Ampang Youth chief Datuk Adam Rosly Abdullah begins serving his six-month jail sentence for giving false statements and submitting fake documents to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) when they were investigating his enormous wealth.

This follows the Court of Appeal yesterday dismissing his final appeal, after which he had to serve the jail sentence immediately.

The court also upheld the RM30,000 fine imposed on him in addition to the prison sentence.

The bench, which is led by appellate court judge Datuk Yaacob Md Sam and also includes Datuk P Ravinthran and Datuk Wira Ahmad Nasfy Yasin, unanimously decided to uphold the conviction and sentence.

Adam Rosly was represented by Muhammad Fadhli Matinvesti while deputy public prosecutor Wong Poi Yoke appeared for the prosecution.

On April 26, 2018, the Sessions Court found Adam Rosly guilty of six counts of giving false statements and submitting fake documents to the MACC during an investigation in 2017 into claims of his wealth.

Adam Rosly is accused of two counts of giving false recorded statements to two MACC investigating officers, under Section 32(8)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (AMLATFPUAA) 2001.

The false statements were related to his career as a businessman, his income, luxury vehicles, a RM1.2 million bungalow in Kampung Melayu, Ampang, which was bought in cash, a RM200,000 loan from his mother-in-law and late grandmother, and a RM500,000 loan from a loan shark.

On the other four charges, he allegedly used two fake loan agreement documents from two individuals and two cash vouchers from his company, Gegas Mentari Holding Sdn Bhd, to mislead the MACC investigating officers, an offence under Section 89 of the same Act.

Adam Rosly had committed the offences at the MACC headquarters at the Federal Government Administrative Centre, Putrajaya, between 9am and 12.15pm on Feb 10, 2017 and between 9am and 2pm on Feb 22, the same year.

In 2019, the High Court upheld the earlier decision by the Sessions Court.

Edited ByLam Jian Wyn
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