SHAH ALAM: Padang Serai MP Datuk Azman Nasrudin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of abetting corruption in connection with a Kedah state-owned cattle farming joint venture project.
He is accused of abetting corruption involving RM400,000, allegedly received by businessman Amar Assuat Abu Bakar on June 20, 2020.
Amar had allegedly received the money from businessman Mohd Hassanaim Fauzi as a reward for helping him obtain a feedlot project at the Kedah Agro Feedlot Farm from Kedah Agro Holdings Bhd (KAHB).
According to the charge sheet, Azman is accused of abetting corruption by instructing the KAHB chief executive officer to issue a letter of offer to Hassanaim for the project on June 23, 2020.
Azman’s charge was framed under Section 28(1)(c) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, read together with Section 16(a)(A).
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