The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today charged five individuals, including Umno parliamentarian Abd Rahman Bakri.

NONE Apart from the Sabak Bernam MP ( far left ), the others were a former aide to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, a company director, Rahman's special aide and the special assistant to a Selangor executive councillor.

About 100 people, including Umno parliamentarians gathered outside the Shah Alam Sessions Court this morning to support Rahman.

Among the MPs present were Halimah Mohd Sadique (Tenggara), Noraini Ahmad (Parit Sulong), Mohd Nor Othman (Hulu Terengganu), Mohamad Shahrum Osman (Lipis), Ahmad Hamzah (Jasin), Hamim Samuri (Ledang) and Salleh Kalbi (Silam).

Halimah said that the MPs were representatives of the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club. She said about 70 Umno supporters from Sabak Bernam were also present.

Court proceedings was held up to allow multiple copies of the charge sheets to prepared, a requirement in Shah Alam courts.

Three charges against Wong, two against Yahya

NONE At noon, Wong Chuan How, 50, the special assistant to Selangor executive councillor Ronnie Liu, was brought into court and charged with sending a forged invoice to the Sepang Municipal Council amounting to RM2,500 for the purchase of car flags.

Wong was also charged with criminal breach of trust of RM5,000 over a cheque entrusted to him.

DPP Mohd Josiendra Abu Senin applied for bail to be set at RM16,000, but Sessions court judge Syafeera Mohd Said fixed it at RM10,000.

Later at another court, Wong was slapped with a principal and an alternative charge of breach of trust and misuse of funds under the Penal Code involving RM2,500 in allocations for a "gotong royong" event.

Judge Mat Ghani Abdullah set bail at RM5,000 with one surety for the third charge and fixed March 8 for trial.

Liu, who was in court, said MACC had launched investigations into 20 Selangor state representatives, where their files were seized.

"Wong is the first one, but he may not be the last," he said.

Wong was represented by four lawyers led by Cha Kee Chin, who is also Bukit Kepayang state rep from Negri Sembilan.

Former aide to Selangor MB charged

NONE Yahya ( photo: right ) was brought into court next, and he was charged with deceiving or cheating a businessman of RM50,000, which he claimed was to be used for the '100 days of Pakatan rule in Selangor' celebration.

He was also charged with falsifying documents to open a PKR account.

Mohd Yahya claimed trial to both charges and judge Syafeera set bail at RM10,000.

Following this, Rahman was slapped with eight charges , for which he claimed trial.

Later in the afternoon, in a separate court, Mohd Rosli Bushra, an aide to Rahman, was charged with eight counts of abetting the Umno MP in making the false claims.

Mohd Rosli claimed trial and Session judge Mat Ghani Abdullah set bail at RM9,000.

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