Deputy public prosecutor Khalijah Mohd Khalid told Justice Jamil Hussin that the prosecution was withdrawing its appeal against the decision of the sessions court which acquitted Wan Ahmad Farhaan Wan Kia Salleh Nor, 33, and Fami Sharin, 51, of the charge.

Jamil then revoked the appeal.

Today was set for the mention of the appeal case. Lawyer Haresh Mahadevan represented the two respondents.

Wan Ahmad Farhaan and Fami were acquitted and discharged of the offence on Feb 6 last year by sessions court judge Kafli Che Ali after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case.

The two friends were charged with deceiving Faiz Yaacob and Saleh Nabil Salah Mahmoud Abdalkader Alarabi from Yummylooks Sdn Bhd by falsely claiming that they would distribute 180,000 boxes of latex gloves, leading the victims to transfer a total of RM1,001,650, into Tuntas Abadi Sdn Bhd’s bank account.

They allegedly committed the offence near Taman Tun Dr Ismail on March 17, 2021, under Section 420 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 34 of the same code, which carries a maximum 10 years’ imprisonment with whipping and a fine, upon conviction.