‘WHEN YOU ARE A THIEF, STEAL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT! WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, JUST GIVE BACK HALF & YOU’RE SCOT-FREE’ – LAWYERS SAY RIZA’S ACQUITTAL TANTAMOUNT TO ‘BUYING HIMSELF OUT OF A CRIME’

‘WHEN YOU ARE A THIEF, STEAL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT! WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, JUST GIVE BACK HALF & YOU’RE SCOT-FREE’ – LAWYERS SAY RIZA’S ACQUITTAL TANTAMOUNT TO ‘BUYING HIMSELF OUT OF A CRIME’ - Hello loyal readers FeedGoogle, In the article you are reading this time with the title ‘WHEN YOU ARE A THIEF, STEAL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT! WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT, JUST GIVE BACK HALF & YOU’RE SCOT-FREE’ – LAWYERS SAY RIZA’S ACQUITTAL TANTAMOUNT TO ‘BUYING HIMSELF OUT OF A CRIME’, We have prepared this article well for you to read and take information in it. hopefully the contents of the post Article Malaysians, what we write you can understand. Alright, happy reading.

PUTRAJAYA’S agreement with Riza Aziz to drop his money-laundering charges has sent the wrong signal to the public and raised questions on the government’s seriousness about combating corruption, said lawyers and a civil society group. Riza, who is former prime minister Najib Razak’s stepson, was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal after being charged with five counts of money-laundering involving US$248 million (RM1.07 billion) via a Hollywood production house. He paid a compound amounting to several million ringgit, lead prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram told the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Thursday, adding that the government is expected to recover overseas assets estimated at US$107.3 million as part of a deal to drop the charges. The 43-year-old Riza, who faced five years’ jail and a maximum fine of RM5 million if convicted, never went through a day of trial. “So, the …