KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has dismissed a representation by Segambut Bersatu division deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad over his 12 charges of corruption and money laundering linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh informed the Sessions Court that the AGC had decided to dismiss the representation that was sent by Adam Radlan’s defence team on July 4.
Lawyer Datuk Seri Rajan Navaratnam, who represented Adam Radlan, told the court that the trial date had been fixed for Nov 13.
He said the defence would proceed with cross-examining the prosecution’s first witness, R. Harshini, an assistant registrar from the Companies Commission of Malaysia.
Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin confirmed the date for the trial. Harshini was called to testify on the first day of trial on July 9.
On Feb 21 last year, Adam Radlan, 43, was charged with one count of soliciting a cash bribe of between 3.5 to 7% of a RM47.8mil 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 Sungai Adam to Kampung Banat in Perlis, from the government through direct negotiations.
In February this year, Adam Radlan was charged with two counts of receiving RM4.1mil in bribes from Lian Tan Chuan and Mat Jusoh for helping Nepturis Sdn Bhd and MIE obtain two similar Jana Wibawa projects and one count of soliciting RM2mil from Lian as an inducement to help Nepturis secure another project related to Jana Wibawa.
All the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 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 RM3mil under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act.
The offences were allegedly committed around Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya between March 2021 and January 2023.
