Wan Saiful files application to strike out Jana Wibawa graft charges


KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan has filed an application to strike out two charges of soliciting and accepting bribes amounting to RM6.9mil involving the Jana Wibawa project, on the grounds that they are defective.

Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who represented Wan Saiful as the applicant, told Sessions Court Judge Rozina Ayob said that the defence has filed the application under Section 173 (g) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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