A Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) lecturer was sentenced to three years in prison and fined RM807,475 by the Sessions Court in Butterworth today for abusing his position by approving his younger brother’s company to supply various goods to the university.

Judge Zulhazmi Abdullah meted out the sentence to Badaruddin Mohamed, 57, while his younger brother Mustafa Kamal, 50, was also handed the same punishment for abetting his elder sibling.