KUALA LUMPUR – The Court of Appeal will make a decision on Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s application for review to reinstate his discharge and acquittal on four criminal charges related to the Jana Wibawa project today.
The ruling was initially scheduled for August 20 but postponed.
On August 15 last year, the Kula Lumpur High Court acquitted and discharged the Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman from charges of using his position to solicit bribes, which amounted to RM232.5 million for PN component party Bersatu.
Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin made the ruling after a finding that the four charges against the Bersatu president were defective, unsubstantiated and vague.
However, on February 28, this year, the Court of Appeal panel of justices Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Azmi Ariffin and Datuk S.M. Komathy Suppiah allowed the prosecution’s appeal to reinstate the four abuse of power charges and ordered the case remitted to the Kuala Lumpur sessions court.
On March 27, Muhyiddin applied for a review, claiming that the previous Court of Appeal panel’s decision was null, as it was made without the jurisdiction required under Section 50(1) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.
Muhyiddin, as prime minister and president of Bersatu at the time, was charged with using his position to obtain RM232.5 million in bribes from Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd, Nepturis Sdn Bhd and Mamfor Sdn Bhd and Datuk Azman Yusoff for his political party.
He is accused of committing the act at the Prime Minister’s Office, Bangunan Perdana Putra, Federal Government Administration Centre in Putrajaya between March 1, 2020, and August 20, 2021.
He faces two additional charges of receiving RM195 million gained from illegal activities from Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd, which was deposited into Bersatu’s CIMB Bank account.
These acts were allegedly committed at CIMB Bank, Menara KL Branch, Jalan Stesen Sentral between February 25 and July 16, 2021, and between February 8 and July 8, 2022. – September 11, 2024