New judge for Ku Nan's RM1.8m graft trial
Published on: Wednesday, February 19, 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor’s RM1mil corruption trial will be heard before a new High Court judge.
This follows the Court of Appeal’s decision on Feb 12 allowing Tengku Adnan’s appeal to disqualify Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali from hearing the case and ordering the case to be heard before another judge.
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During case management Tuesday (Feb 18), Justice Mohd Nazlan said he had taken note of the appellate court’s decision.
“This case is hereby transferred to High Court 4 (before Justice Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin), “ he said.
During the proceedings before Justice Muhammad Jamil, deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim filed an application for a stay of proceedings pending the outcome of the prosecution’s appeal against the appellate court’s decision at the Federal Court. Justice Muhammad Jamil allowed the application and set March 25 for the next case management.
So far, two prosecution witnesses have testified before Justice Mohd Nazlan.
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On Nov 15,2018, Tengku Adnan, 69, claimed trial to receiving RM1mil from businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon through a cheque that was deposited into his CIMB Bank account, as an inducement to approve an application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd (now known as Paragon City Development Sdn Bhd) to increase the industrial plot ratio of a piece of land on Jalan Semarak.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Putra World Trade Centre CIMB bank branch on Dec 27,2013.
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On Sept 17 last year, Tan was fined RM1.5mil after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of abetting Tengku Adnan in receiving the RM1mil bribe.
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