THE Sungai Petani’s magistrates’ court today sentenced a company managing director to 10 years’ jail over 23 counts of fraud related to umrah and Egypt tour packages between 2015 and 2016.
In addition, the court also exempted the accused from being sentenced to whipping as he was over 50 years’ old and allowed the defence’s request to postpone the sentence pending appeal to the High Court. The complainant in the case, Amzari Halim, a consultant and mutawwif was asked by the accused to deposit money in stages into the bank account provided for the purchase of round trip tickets.
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