PUTRAJAYA: A former director of Kemas, the Selangor community development department, was ordered to begin a one-year jail term today for corruption and money-laundering.

Adnan Md Daud, 59, was also fined a total of RM10.8 million after the Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal in 2018.

The charges involved bribes of RM86,000 and RM68,000 to appoint several companies for supplying milk powder and other goods to Permata childcare centres.

A three-member bench of the Court of Appeal, chaired by judge Hanipah Farikullah, upheld an appeal by the prosecution, and overturned his acquittal.

A warrant of committal to send Adnan to prison effective today was issued since there was no more avenue for appeal.

The appeal court found him guilty of accepting RM86,000 in 2015 and RM68,000 in 2017 from businessman Sah Hizam Halim for his companies to supply milk powder, chocolate milk powder and various goods to Permata childcare centres.

He was also charged with using RM159,000, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities to pay for a double storey semi-detached house in Setia Alam, Selangor.

Adnan was sentenced to a year’s jail and fined RM350,000 or three month’s jail, on the first charge of accepting a bribe and a year’s jail and a RM450,000 fine or three months’ jail on the second count.

He was also sentenced to a year’s jail and fined RM10 million, or 12 months’ jail, on two money laundering charges.

Hanipah, who sat with Ahmad Nasfy Yasin and Nordin Hassan ordered the jail terms to run concurrently.

Adnan had been acquitted by the Alor Setar sessions court in 2018 at the close of the defence case. A prosecution appeal to the High Court failed, and a further appeal was made at the Court of Appeal resulting in today’s decision.

Deputy public prosecutors Wong Poi Yoke and Aida Khairuleen Azli appeared for the prosecution while Hasnal Rezua Merican represented Adnan.