First person charged under Whistleblower Protection Act acquitted
Former deputy chief executive officer of Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), the first person who was charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act for causing an employee of the company to be sacked for informing the MACC of the former's wrongdoings, was freed by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday.
Judge Suzana Hussin acquitted and discharged Wafiy Abd Aziz, 37, after finding that...
Former deputy chief executive officer of Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), the first person who was charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act for causing an employee of the company to be sacked for informing the MACC of the former's wrongdoings, was freed by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday.
Judge Suzana Hussin acquitted and discharged Wafiy Abd Aziz, 37, after finding that the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case against the accused at the end of its case.
Wafiy was accused of taking action that harmed an informer by provoking EMGS chairperson Abdul Rahman Mohamed Shariff to sign the termination of employment document against the employee in retaliation for the employee’s exposure of his improper conduct to the MACC.
He was alleged to have committed the offence at the EMGS office at Jalan Mayang Sari in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 9.
He was charged under Section 10(3)(b) of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 (Act 711) and can be sentenced under Section 10(6) of the same act, which carries a fine not exceeding RM100,000 or a jail term of not more than 15 years or both, if convicted.
The trial began on April 27 last year during which the prosecution called 17 prosecution witnesses, including Abdul Rahman and EMGS CEO Shahinuddin Shariff.
- Bernama
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