Khir Toyo jailed 12 months for corruption and property forfeited

After a hearing durability over a year, a Shah Alam High Court today found former Selangor menteri besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo guilty of graft.

He has been condemned to twelve months jail commencement today, as well as a skill in question has been systematic to be dispossessed to a government.

In delivering sentence, Justice Mohtaruddin Baki pronounced a halt judgment was indispensable since in cases involving open as well as private interests, open interests must take precedence.

"This is truly a heinous crime as a indicted may have used his in front of (as menteri besar) to obtain a property.

"Hence, a halt judgment requiring a custodial judgment is fitting in perspective of a offence," pronounced Mohtaruddin.

He added which as a arch executive, Khir should have set an example.

However, a Court postulated stay of execution o! f a se ntence, in a absence of conflict from a prosecution.

The justice additionally decided not to raise a bail amount.

Earlier Mohtaruddin pronounced a assign had managed to prove a box opposite a 46-year-old Sungai Panjang assemblyperson over in accord with doubt.

While a assign practical for a multi-million-ringgit skill in question to be forfeited, a counterclaim appealed to a decider for Khir to be firm over upon good behaviour.

Khir was charged underneath territory 165 of a Penal Code, a obtuse swindle assign compared to charges underneath a Prevention of Corruption Act as well as a brand new Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act.

It had been speculated whether Khir would embrace a two-year jail term or a excellent in excess of RM2,000, which would have price him eligibility as an assemblyperson as well as banned him from contesting! in a co ming elections.

'First time offender'

Pleading in mitigation warn M Athimulan told a justice which Khir was a initial delinquent as well as tied together with 6 children.

"The assign as well as conviction is unique as a valuer had evaluated a skill during RM3.5 million as it is an uncompleted property," he said.

He additionally submitted which territory 165 is a compoundable crime as well as a justice has wide jurisdiction to concede a deception of a fine.

"If this box had been attempted during a magistrate's justice a maximum could be RM10,000.

"We disagree underneath a concept of Equality underneath Article 8 of a Federal Constitution to impose a excellent of RM10,000 as well as not more than this although this has been brought prior to a High Court," he said.

Athimulan pleaded for Khir to be firm over, pointing out which a justice has a power underneath territory 173a of a Criminal Procedure Code to release a accused.

Kamarul Hisham asked Justice Mohtaruddin to breach justice with forgiveness as Khir had been a state's arch senior manager as well as by convicting him a justice had already punished him.

'Come down hard upon abuse'

DPP Mohd Masri Daud upon his part, argued which although a indicted was charged underneath territory 165 a justice should send a clever summary which as a open servant a single should not find favours.

"It is clear which a indicted was meddlesome in a skill in 2004 as well as asked Shamsudin to buy it as well as after paid for it for himself."

"As a menteri besar as well as chairperson of a Selangor Develop! ment Cor poration, he should have set an e.g. as well as not use his contacts as well as acquiantances to benefit himself," he said.

Mohd Masri additionally delivered a shocker when he practical to a justice underneath territory 41 of a MACC Act for a palace to be forfeited.

"In any crime of swindle of such a nature, a justice has a discretion to grant damage of a property," he said.

Athimulan pronounced a counterclaim is taken by surpise by a prosecution's duplicate as it had given no indication of doing so.

He afterwards asked which a justice to repair another date to determine a assign duplicate upon a damage of a property.

The justice afterwards took a mangle prior to delivering sentence.

Also present in justice was his wife Zaharah Kechik as well as about 40 of his supporters, some seated as well as others station in a packed courtroom.

Khir was represented by a team of lawyers ! led by J ahaberdeen Yunoos, M Athimulan as well as Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin.

DPP Abdul Wahab Mohamed represented a prosecution.

Khir arrived in justice as early as 9.15am, with scores of his supporters in tow.

Second Selangor MB charged with corruption

Khirwas chargedon December 4 last year, with crime for obtaining for himself as well as his wife Zahrah Kechik, dual lots of land as well as a house during No 8 & 10, Jalan Suasa 7/1L, from Ditamas Sdn Bhd director Shamsuddin Hayroni, during RM3.5 million - a lower price than a RM6.5 million Ditamas paid for it in 2004.

The former Selangor MB allegedly entered in to a transaction with a knowledge which Shamsuddin had exchange with him in his central capacity as a state's arch senior manager during which time.

The Sungai Panjang assemblyperson allegedly committed a crime during a Selangor menteri besar's central chateau during Jalan Permata 7/1, Section 7, Shah Alam upon May 29, 200! 7.
He is a second Selangor menteri besar to be charged with swindle after a late Harun Idris, who outlay three years in jail in 1977.

Khir in a single of his blog postings this year purported which three sovereign ministers hadwanted him jailedfor swindle following a charge.

Without naming a ministers, Khir claimed a single of them was pronounced to have told a alternative dual which to get behind Selangor, he (Khir) must be charged.

"Are they powerful sufficient to control a judge? I don't believe they can direct a decider nor will a decider listen to this group," wrote Khir in a blog, resulting in spiralling speculation upon a temperament of a three.

Twenty-five assign witnesses as well as 5 counterclaim witnesses, together with Khir, testified during a trial.

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