DATUK Seri Bung Moktar Radin and his wife Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad have been ordered to enter their defence on charges of corruption and abetment over a RM150 mil FELCRA investment.
Sessions court judge Rozina Ayob said the prosecution has established a prima facie case against the former FELCRA chairman and his wife.
Bung, 64, was charged with two counts of receiving bribes amounting to RM2.2 mil and RM262,500 as gratification to obtain FELCRA’s approval to make a RM150 mil investment in Public Mutual unit trust.
The Sabah deputy chief minister was is accused of receiving bribes from Public Mutual investment agent Madhi Abdul Hamid, through Zizie at the Public Bank branch in Taman Melawati here between 12.30pm and 5pm on June 12, 2015.
Bung who is also the Kinabatangan MP is further charged with receiving a RM337,500 bribe from another Public Mutual investment agent, Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar, under Zizie’s name for the same reason and at the same place on June 19, 2015.
Meanwhile, his celebrity wife Zizie, 44, faces three charges of abetting her husband in the matter at the same place, date and time. – Sept 2, 2022
Main photo credit: The Edge Markets
