Ex-Terengganu varsity assistant registrar gets five years’ jail, RM89,000 fine for bribery
Sunday, 19 Jul 2020 05:05 PM MYT
KUALA TERENGGANU, July 19 — A former employee of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu was today sentenced to five years in prison and fined RM89,600 for accepting bribes two years ago. He also ordered the accused, a former senior assistant registrar of the university’s School of Fundamental Sciences to serve a year in prison if he failed to pay the fine.
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