KUALA LUMPUR: The Segambut Bersatu deputy chief was let off with a RM4.1mil compound by the anti-graft agency this week before the court acquitted him from 12 charges linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad is now free from the charges of corruption and money laundering following the payment of the compound issued by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on Monday.
Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin made the order of acquittal yesterday after the court was informed that the MACC has agreed to accept Adam Radlan’s representation and payment has been made.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh said the MACC agreed to offer the compound under Section 92(1) the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities (Amla) Act 2001 based on the representation sent by him to the MACC.
Following this, the prosecution sought a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in line with Section 254(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code to be granted to the accused.
Adam Radlan’s lawyer Datuk Seri Rajan Navaratnam, however, argued that his client should be given an acquittal on grounds that the compound has been paid.
On Feb 21, 2023, Adam Radlan was charged with one count of soliciting a cash bribe of between 3.5% and 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 2024, 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 Infrastructure & Energy 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.
The charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 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) Amla.
