AGC dismisses representation by MACC officer, Datuk Roy, trial to proceed

The corruption trial against a MACC officer and a businessperson, known as “Datuk Roy”, will proceed after the duo failed to get the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) to review their charges.

They have been charged with soliciting and receiving bribes amounting to RM640,000 as an inducement to ensure former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s son was not remanded by the graft-buster.

Deputy public prosecutor Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan told Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin here today that the AGC dismissed the representation filed by MACC officer Mohd Rasyidi Mohd Said, 44, and Mohd Hussein Mohd Nasir (Datuk Roy), 55, on July 1 yesterday.

The judge then maintained the trial dates that had been set, which were Aug 8 and 9.

At the proceeding today, which was set for mention, Rasyidi and Hussein (above) were represented by lawyer Ariff Azami Hussein.

They were jointly charged with corruptly asking bribes amounting to RM400,000 from Siti Dalena Berhan, 47, as an inducement not to remand Fakhri Yassin Mahiaddin during MACC’s investigation.

The offence was allegedly committed at a restaurant in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, between 9pm and 11pm on March 5 last year.

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The two accused are also charged with accepting bribes amounting to RM240,000 from Syed Farid Syed Al Attas, 41, as an inducement for MACC not to remand the same person during the investigation.

That offence was allegedly committed at a fast food outlet in Desa Sri Hartamas in Kuala Lumpur between 2pm and 4pm on March 6 last year. 

They were charged under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009, punishable under Section 24 of the same Act, which carries up to 20 years in jail and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher.

Hussien was also charged with soliciting bribes of RM2 million from Siti and Syed Farid.

The bribe allegedly sought was an inducement to change the corruption charges against Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad to a lighter one, change his statement to one given as a witness and lower his bail amount.

The offence, under Section 16 (a) (A) of the MACC Act 2009, was allegedly committed at a premises in Kampung Melayu Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, in February last year.

- Bernama

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