KUALA LUMPUR – Bersatu’s Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad is expected to face more money-laundering charges in the Shah Alam sessions court.
Adam’s lawyer Datuk Seri Rajan Navaratnam confirmed this to Scoop after today’s case management.
However, he said the defence team has not yet received any further information on the charges nor the date that Adam will be brought to the Shah Alam Courts Complex.
He also confirmed that the prosecution in Adam’s ongoing criminal charges will be filing an application for a joint trial, and that the next case management will be on November 28.
Adam, who is Segambut Bersatu deputy chief, started making headlines when he was brought to court in February to face charges in relation to the Jana Wibawa scheme, which was introduced during Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s time as prime minister.
On February 21, he was charged with receiving and soliciting bribes amounting to RM500,000, while the next day, he was charged with two counts of accepting bribes of over RM4.1 million.
Meanwhile, on February 28, he faced another charge of soliciting another bribe of over RM2 million.
All his charges were then applied to be tried before Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge Suzana Hussin, whereby the trial dates were fixed for 15 days starting in May next year.
However, Adam again was brought to court on October 25 for one count of money laundering before Kuala Lumpur sessions court judge Rozina Ayob.
Deputy public prosecutors Mohd Fadhly Mohd Zambry and Farah Yasmin Salleh told the courts this morning that Adam will be facing more money-laundering charges in the Shah Alam courthouse next week.
They also confirmed that the application for a joint trial, to have all Adam’s criminal charges tried before one court, will be done after the new charges are read.
On February 21, Adam was charged in the sessions court here on one count of soliciting a cash bribe of 3.5% to 7% of the value of a project from Mat Jusoh Mamat, the managing director of MIE Infrastructure & Energy Sdn Bhd.
The second count involves Adam receiving RM500,000 into his CIMB Bank account from Mat Jusoh as an inducement to help the company obtain the same letter of agreement for an RM47.8-million road construction project from Jalan Sg Adam to Kg Banat, Perlis.
He allegedly committed the offences at a restaurant in Dutamas and the Bukit Tunku branch of CIMB Bank in Taman Tunku in March 2021 and November 26, 2021.
The third charge involves receiving RM2.1 million in relation to the Jana Wibawa project.
The charges were framed under Section 16(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act and are punishable by up to 20 years in jail and a fine of not less than five times the bribe amount or RM10,000, or whichever is higher, upon conviction. – October 31, 2023