{
  "id": 14199824,
  "title": "Former Perak Immigration prosecution chief to begin three-year jail term for corruption",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/former-perak-immigration-prosecution-chief-to-begin-three-year-jail",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T12:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/regional/2026/10/1554685/former-perak-immigration-prosecution-chief-begin-three-year-jail-term"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A former chief of Perak's Immigration Department Prosecution Unit, Zaidi Dali, began serving a three-year jail term on Friday after the Court of Appeal reinstated his conviction for accepting bribes, according to prosecutors. The Court of Appeal's unanimous decision allowed the prosecution's final appeal to overturn the Ipoh High Court's acquittal of Zaidi in 2022. Judge Datuk Noorin Badaruddin, leading the three-judge panel, ruled that the High Court erred in acquitting Zaidi and that the prosecution's case had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years in prison and a RM85,000 fine for soliciting and accepting bribes in 2015. The appeals court found that the prosecution had presented sufficient grounds for the court to intervene in the appeal and that the evidence supported the Sessions Court's decision.",
  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: A former Perak Immigration Department Prosecution Unit chief began serving a three-year prison sentence today after the Court of Appeal reinstated his conviction for soliciting and accepting bribes 11 years ago.",
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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."
}