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Former Malaysian minister s RM2 million graft conviction overturned
The Kuala Lumpur High Court had sentenced former federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Mansor to 12 months in jail and imposed an RM2 million fine on him last year.PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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Former Malaysian federal territories minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. (File photo: Bernama)
21 Dec 2020 01:39PM (Updated:
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KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor on Monday (Dec 21) was sentenced to 12 months jail after being convicted of graft for accepting RM2 million (US$494,000) from a businessman four years ago.
High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt against Tengku Adnan, who turned 70 on Sunday.
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Tengku Adnan, better known as Ku Nan, was Minister of Federal Territories in 2016 when he accepted RM2 million from businessman, Chai Kin Kong, who is director of Aset Kayamas.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): Questions surrounding the receipt issued by Umno for the RM2 million donation by businessman Tan Sri Chai Kin Kong and the fact that there was no money transferred from Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor-controlled Tadmansori Holdings Sdn Bhd to Umno were the crucial factors that led to the former minister s conviction today in his graft case.
High Court judge Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said Chai, who had known Tengku Adnan for many years, had demonstrated his biasness in favour of the ex-minister with regard to the receipt. I will therefore disregard his testimony only in respect of the Umno receipt, he said in his 87-page judgement.