The Sessions Court here today fixed Nov 10 for the corruption trial of former Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Umno Youth head Mohamad Norza Zakaria and his agent, Halimi Kamaruzzaman.

Judge Azuar Che Yusof fixed the date after the case came up for mention.

norza zakaria interview 070807 gesture Mohamad Norza, 43, a former Umno supreme council member, is charged with offering a RM1,500 bribe to Khadri Musa, through Halimi, to be given to the delegates to vote for him for a supreme council seat in the Umno general assembly in March.

He faces another charge of giving a RM1,900 bribe to Mohammad Anuar Yunus, through Halimi, for the same purpose. Both offences were allegedly committed at No 38, Pinggiran Tasik, Taman Bandar Temerloh, at 6.30pm on Jan 20.

Halimi, 47, of Kuantan, is charged with two counts of giving bribes to Khadri dan Mohammad Anuar at the same place and time.

If convicted under section 16(b)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009, they could be jailed a maximum 20 years and fined not less than five times the amount of graft involved, or RM10,000, whichever is higher.

- Bernama