KUALA LUMPUR: The case of former special officer to the former Prime Minister Datuk Rizal Mansor, who faces four corruption charges involving a solar hybrid system project for rural schools in Sarawak, will be heard in the High Court, here.
Lawyer Ridha Abdah Subri, representing Rizal, informed Sessions Court judge Rozina Ayob that the defence had filed an application on Dec 5 to transfer the case to the High Court.
He told the court that the defence had also filed a supporting affidavit with regard to the application.
“Today the case has also been fixed for case management before the deputy registrar of the High Court to obtain the date for mention at the High Court,” the lawyer said.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib said the commission would not be filing an affidavit-in-reply and had no objection to the application. The court then set Jan 10, 2019 for case mention.
On Nov 15, Rizal, 44, pleaded not guilty to four counts of soliciting and accepting bribes for himself and Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor amounting to RM5.5mil, involving the supply of equipment and installation of the solar hybrid system for rural schools in Sarawak in 2016.
The charges were made under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009. The offences are punishable under Section 24 of the same act, which provides for a jail term of up to 20 years and a fine not less than five times the amount or value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher. — Bernama
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