KL Tower probe: Company director pleads not guilty to RM7.5mil graft charge


KUALA LUMPUR: A 49-year-old company director has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to offering some RM7.5mil in bribes in the span of 15 years, said to expedite the process of taking over the management and concession of Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower).

Hydropshoppe Sdn Bhd director Datuk Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul Razak Shaikh pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussain on Wednesday (April 5).

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