FORMER intelligence chief Hasanah Abdul Hamid was cleared of criminal breach of trust (CBT) at Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning, Malaysiakini reports.

Judicial commissioner Roz Mawar Rozain ruled that Hasanah’s dismissal not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) in April last year was “not fair”, adding that justice was not served that way.

Thus Roz Mawar, acquitted Hasanah of CBT involving US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) of government funds. 

Under the law, a person granted a DNAA can still be charged for the same offence in the future. 

In April 2021, Justice Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh made his DNAA ruling because the prosecutors, who did not to wish to continue the case at that time, indicated that they would likely do so at a later date.

The former director-general of the now-defunct Malaysian External Investigation Organisation pleaded not guilty to CBT on October 25, 2018.

Prosecutors had accused Hasanah of committing the offence in the Prime Minister’s Department in Putrajaya between April 30 and May 9. – August 9, 2022.