KUALA LUMPUR – Segambut Bersatu deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad’s Jana Wibawa corruption and money laundering trial will begin on July 9.
This is the second time that the hearing was postponed. Initially, it was scheduled to begin on May 27, before being scheduled to begin today.
Today, Adam’s counsel Datuk Rajan Navaratnam informed the court that the defence team had just received the last bundle of case documents last Friday.
Rajan also told the court that his team needed time to assess the documents to better prepare their defence, before applying for the trial to be postponed again.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry did not object to Rajan’s request. He also confirmed to the court that the prosecution will call about 47 witnesses to testify.
Sessions court judge Suzana Hussin fixed July 9 to hear the case, saying there will be no more postponements allowed.
On February 21 last year, Adam Radlan was charged with one count of soliciting a cash bribe of between 3.5% to 7% of a RM47.8 million road construction project from Mat Jusoh Mamat, the managing director of MIE Infrastructure & Energy Sdn Bhd.
He was also charged with another count of accepting a bribe of RM500,000 from the same individual as an inducement to help the company secure the same project, which spanned from Jalan Sg Adam to Kg Banat in Perlis, from the government through direct negotiations.
The offence was allegedly committed at a restaurant in Dutamas and CIMB Bank Bukit Tunku Branch, Taman Tunku on March 2021 and November 26, 2021.
On February 22, this year, Adam Radlan was once again charged with two counts of receiving RM4.1 million in bribes from Lian Tan Chuan and Mat Jusoh for helping Nepturis Sdn Bhd and MIE obtain two similar Jana Wibawa projects.
Later, on February 28, he was charged with soliciting RM2 million from Lian as an inducement to help Nepturis secure a project related to Jana Wibawa.
All the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 and punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Adam Radlan also faces seven money-laundering charges amounting to more than RM3 million under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. – June 10, 2024