The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court acquitted the case charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act. —Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 —The first person ever to be charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 has reportedly been acquitted by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today.
According to a report by Free Malaysia Today (FMT), former deputy CEO of Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) Wafiy Abd Aziz, 37, was ordered to be freed without calling for his defence by Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussain.
This comes after Judge Suzana found that the prosecution did not manage to establish a prima facie case against Wafiy, and ordered the RM15,000 bail fee returned to the accused.
"After hearing the witnesses from the defence, prosecution and relevant authorities, the court finds that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused.
"The accused is ordered to be acquitted and discharged,” she was quoted as saying by FMT.
Wafiy was charged under Section 10(3)(b), the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010 or Act 711 in 2020 for having caused a company employee to be fired after providing information to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) regarding misconduct committed by the accused.
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