KOTA KINABALU: The graft trial of former state assemblymen Datuk Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy (Tanjung Batu) and Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob (Sindumin) involving bribes totalling RM350,000 over Sabah’s mineral bribery scandal will begin in June.
Sessions judge Elsie Primus fixed six trial days – June 15 and 16, 18 and 19, 29 and 30 – and ordered that their cases be consolidated after the prosecution informed the court that it was applying for both cases to be heard together.
The fixing of trial dates and consolidation of the cases was raised during mention on Thursday (Jan 22).
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The prosecution informed the court that it would apply for both cases to be heard together and planned to call 40 witnesses.
Counsel for both accused did not object to the cases being heard together.
Yusof and Andi Suryady, who is Kalabakan MP, were charged on June 30 last year under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.
Yusof was accused of receiving RM200,000 and Andi Suryady RM150,000 in connection with mineral prospecting licences in Sabah.
