KUALA LUMPUR: Former spy chief Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid has been granted an acquittal by the High Court from a criminal breach of trust charge involving US$12.1mil (RM50.4mil).

Judicial Commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain, in her decision here on Tuesday (Aug 9), said it was unfair to leave the charge hanging over Hasanah's head.

Hasanah was previously granted discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA), whereby there was a possibility for her to be charged again.

JC Roz Mawar said the previous judge Justice Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh had rightfully granted the DNAA at that time in accordance to the law, as there was high probability for Hasanah to be re-charged.

"(However) Based on the facts that the prosecution is no longer proceeding with the case, this court then granted a discharge and acquittal.

"It is unfair for her (Hasanah) that the charge is still hanging over her head for more than a year," she said, adding that justice was not carried out that way.

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/08/09/ex-spy-chief-freed-of-rm50mil-cbt-charge