KUALA LUMPUR: A former Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) deputy director, who was the first person to be charged under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, has been acquitted by the Sessions Court here over allegations of inciting a whistleblower to be sacked.

Wafiy Abd Aziz, 37, was given a discharge and acquittal after Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case against the accused. 

"After hearing the testimonies from prosecution witnesses and submissions from both the defence and the prosecution, the court finds the prosecution has failed to prove its case.

"The accused is therefore discharged and acquitted and the RM15,000 bail is returned. The trial's dates that have been fixed before are now vacated," she said here on Friday (May 20). 

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/05/20/first-person-charged-under-whistleblower-protection-act-acquitted