The Court of Appeal has dismissed Najib Razak’s appeal to obtain discovery of documents concerning companies controlled by former Bank Negara Malaysia governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s family and fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low.
Day in court: Tengku Adnan (second from left) arriving at the Federal Court in Putrajaya. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: Former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has walked out a free man after the Court of Appeal here acquitted and discharged him from his RM2mil corruption case, although the prosecution intends to file an appeal.
His conviction and sentence – he was handed 12 months’ jail and a RM2mil fine – were set aside by the appellate court in a 2-1 majority decision here yesterday.
Deputy public prosecutor Asmah Musa told reporters that the prosecution would be filing an appeal with the Federal Court.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has overturned the RM2mil corruption conviction against former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pic).
In a 2-1 majority decision read by Justice Suraya Othman, the appellate court was of the view that the appellant’s defence in the case was not a mere invention.
The majority decision also found that there was a non-direction and misdirection by the learned trial judge, Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, in the case.
“The appellant should have been acquitted. We must intervene and allow this appeal and therefore set aside the conviction and sentence by the High Court judge,” Justice Suraya said here on Friday (July 16).
The Straits Times
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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