KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has rejected the representation by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to have his seven graft charges linked to the Jana Wibawa scandal dropped.
Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed the High Court that the prosecution received a letter of representation from Muhyiddin‘s defence team on Aug 19. The representation was rejected on Aug 22.
On Tuesday (Oct 7), DPP Wan Shaharuddin told Justice K. Muniandy that the prosecution was ready to proceed with trial and sought for trial dates to be fixed as early as next January.
Meanwhile, Muhyiddin‘s lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said the defence team was not available in January and proposed for the trial to commence in May or June instead.
Co-counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad also told the court that the defence had yet to receive witness statements from the prosecution.
DPP Wan Shaharuddin said the prosecution had prepared the witness statements but needed confirmed trial dates to compile and hand over the complete set of documents to the defence team.
Justice Muniandy then fixed Nov 10 for the next case management to set trial dates.
Muhyiddin, 77, was charged with four counts of using his position to obtain bribes totalling RM232.5mil in connection with the Jana Wibawa Project from Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd, Nepturis Sdn Bhd, Mamfor Sdn Bhd, and Datuk Azman Yusoff for Bersatu.
He allegedly committed the offence at the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya between March 1, 2020, and August 20, 2021.
Muhyiddin also faces three charges of receiving RM200mil from illegal activities, deposited into Bersatu’s AmBank and CIMB Bank accounts.
The offences were allegedly committed at AmBank, Amcorp Mall branch, Petaling Jaya on January 7, 2022, and at CIMB Bank, Menara KL Branch, Jalan Stesen Sentral between February 25 and July 16, 2021, and February 8 and July 8, 2022.
