KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court has fixed May 13 to hear a review filed by former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad in his graft case involving RM3.09mil for a hotel purchase in Sarawak.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz and Mohd Isa's lawyer Datuk Abu Bakar Isa Ramat confirmed the date when contacted on Wednesday (April 22).
Mohd Isa, who is currently serving a six-year jail sentence at the Sungai Buloh prison, filed the application to review the Federal Court's decision on March 4.
On Feb 10, the former Negri Sembilan mentri besar was jailed by the Federal Court over nine counts of graft.
A three-judge Federal Court panel unanimously set aside the Court of Appeal decision acquitting Mohd Isa.
The Federal Court said the High Court's conviction for Mohd Isa's nine charges were "correct and safe" and restored the six-year jail term and RM15.45mil fine imposed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
The politician was charged in 2018 with nine counts of dishonestly receiving RM3.09mil in bribes from Ikhwan Zaidel, then a director of Gegasan Abadi Properties Sdn Bhd, via his former special officer Muhammad Zahid Md Arip.
The payment was made as an inducement for approving the purchase of the Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites in Kuching, Sarawak, by Felda Investment Corporation Sdn Bhd for RM160mil.
On Feb 3, 2021, the High Court found Mohd Isa guilty and imposed the sentence.
On March 6, 2024, Mohd Isa became a free man after a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously set aside his conviction and sentence.
The prosecution then filed an appeal to set aside the Court of Appeal's decision.
