{
  "id": 14163072,
  "title": "Court restores ex-Perak immigration prosecution chief’s conviction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/court-restores-ex-perak-immigration-prosecution-chiefs-conviction",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T08:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/13/court-restores-ex-perak-immigration-prosecution-chief-s-conviction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of former Perak immigration prosecution chief Zaidi Dali on bribery charges. Judge Noorin Badaruddin ruled that the High Court judge had incorrectly deemed procedural deficiencies fatal to the prosecution's case and not considered their evidential value. The court emphasized that the prosecution's evidence needed to be evaluated cumulatively, taking into account the sequence of events surrounding a meeting on November 5, 2020. Zaidi was accused of soliciting RM10,000 monthly to protect an entertainment center from immigration inspections, and the court found that the alleged bribery transaction was coherent despite the absence of an eyewitness to the money's movements. The men were sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined RM85,000 in 2022, but the High Court acquitted them last year. The prosecution had initially withdrawn its appeal against Zaidi's conviction, as his co-defendant Zulhairin Yahya had died earlier this year.",
  "summary": "Zaidi Dali begins his three-year jail term today after his acquittal on charges of soliciting and receiving bribes was overturned.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Court restores ex-Perak immigration prosecution chief’s conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/court-restores-ex-perak-immigration-prosecution-chiefs-conviction-14166656",
        "published": "2026-10-13T08:27:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}