Court acquits taxi company founder of graft charge

The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today acquitted and released Big Blue Premium Taxi Services founder Shamsubahrin Ismail of defrauding a company director over a cleaning services contract at the KLCC building, five years ago.

Judge Azrul Darus said the decision was made after finding that the prosecution failed to prove a prima facie case against Shamsubahrin (above), 58.

“After examining the testimony of 12 witnesses and considering the arguments from both sides, the court finds that a prima facie case has failed to be proved by the prosecution,” he said.

“Therefore, the accused is acquitted and released without his defence being called, and the RM30,000 bail is returned to the accused.”

The case went to trial on Jan 12, 2023, with 12 prosecution witnesses called to testify.

On Feb 9, 2022, Shamsubahrin claimed trial to defrauding a man who is a director of Syarikat Innoseven Sdn Bhd by tricking him into believing that he (the accused) would get a contract for the cleaning works at the KLCC building for the company.

This made the victim hand over a Maybank cheque of RM750,000 as remuneration to the accused at a law firm in Pantai Dalam, Brickfield, Kuala Lumpur, on May 24, 2019.

- Bernama

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