Two men accused of graft involving over S$388k get discharge amounting to acquittal

SINGAPORE: After nearly four years, two men who had been accused of taking part in a corruption conspiracy involving more than S$388,000 can finally walk free following the withdrawal of all charges against them. Isaac Lai Zhi Yao and Darren Zeng Shao Rong, both 43, were each granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal on April...

Najib accountable for his actions, court told

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is accountable for his every action as the prime minister, finance minister and chairman of the board of advisors of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), the High Court was told on Friday (Jan 26). Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer Nur Aida Arifin testified that Najib, or the 1MDB management, had...

Politician’s son claims trial to cheating senior cop by posing as MACC bigwigs

KOTA KINABALU: A politician's son who allegedly hoodwinked a top police officer into giving him almost RM50,000 has been charged with cheating at a Special Corruption Court here. Aries Ryan Philip Among, 30, was accused of pretending to be Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki, among others, to get the policeman to...

Adam Radlan’s six money laundering cases transferred to KL Sessions Court

KUALA LUMPUR: The six new money laundering charges faced by Segambut Bersatu division deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad at the Shah Alam Sessions Court have been allowed to be transferred to the Sessions Court here. This brings to 12 the number of charges slapped on the businessman – five for soliciting and receiving bribes and...

Bung, wife freed of graft charges

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has allowed the revision application made by Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar and his wife Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad to reverse an order for them to enter their defence in an RM2.8mil corruption case. Judge Azhar Abdul Hamid said that it was a fit and proper case...

High Court fixes Dec 13 to hear Rosmah’s application to strike out 17 charges

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has set Dec 13 to hear Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s application to strike out all 17 graft charges she is currently on trial for. This comes after the court heard during case management on Thursday (Sept 7) that Rosmah’s counsel Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin submitted the application on Wednesday (Sept...

Don’t run away, step up and face the music, Anwar advises Muhyiddin’s son-in-law

NIBONG TEBAL: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has told his detractors not to run from the authorities and face alleged corruption probes to prove their innocence. Referring to the statement made by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Anwar said that the anti-graft agency is trying to locate Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's son-in-law. ALSO...