Peter Anthony unwell, trial postponed

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah Infrastructure Development Minister Datuk Peter Anthony, who was expected to be charged at the Sessions Court here today (June 22) over corruption, was not present at the proceedings, causing his case to be pushed to July 10.

His lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla informed the court that his client suffered from vertigo and was admitted to the KPJ Kota Kinabalu Specialist Hospital on Sunday (June 21) evening.

“He was supposed to take the flight to come here at 4.15am, ” he said.

Judge Rozina Ayob requested for Peter’s medical report to be submitted to the court.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin applied for the case to be transferred to the original court before judge Azman Ahmad.

The court then fixed July 10 for the case to be heard before Azman.

After the proceedings, Haniff told the press that his client was supposed to be charged with one count of the alleged offence, which has not been read out in court.

On June 11, the Parti Warisan Sabah vice-president was charged at the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court with five counts of money laundering charges amounting to RM8.75mil.

On June 18, he was charged with abetment in a criminal breach of trust involving the purchase of Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) land worth RM15.5mil six years ago.