Bung Mokhtar, wife graft case retained at Sessions Court
KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption case against Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin and his wife, Zizie Izette A Samad who are jointly charged for receiving RM2.8 million of bribe will be retained in the Sessions Court.
The decision to retain it was made by High Court judge Nazlan Ghazali following an application that was made by the prosecution team led by Allan Suman Pillai which was also supported by defence lawyers – Datuk K Kumaraendran and M Athimulan.
“The charges against the respondents do not involve any novelty issues of the law, which may arise in cases for such offences. Furthermore, the novelty point of law does not necessarily render such point of law to be unusually difficult.
“The accused is charged at the Sessions Court, and they have three specialised court handling corruption cases and is competent to try these cases. It is absolutely essential that confidence in the integrity of the administration of the criminal justice system be maintained.
“I therefore dismiss the application to transfer the case to the High Court and order that the trial be held at the Sessions Court,” Justice Nazlan said in justifying his ruling.
This is for Bung Moktar to go against his principal task by getting approval from the Second Finance Minister for Felcra to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual trust.
Zizie Izette is charged for abetting with Bung.
