22 GISBH members to face lighter charge
GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) CEO Nasiruddin Ali and 21 others will face an alternative charge under the Societies Act 1966 after the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) accepted their representations.
They were previously charged with being members of an organised crime group under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of between five and 20 years upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Shafiq Hasim told the High Court that the AGC had examined and accepted their representations and offered a new charge under Section 43 of the Societies Act 1966.
Section 43 deals with the offence of membership in an unlawful society, punishable by up to three years’ jail or a fine not exceeding RM5,000, or both.
Justice Latifah Tahar, who presided over proceedings held at…
