KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has fixed July 20 to deliver its decision in the graft case involving former actress Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, who is accused of abetting her late husband, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin.
Sessions Court judge Rosli Ahmad fixed the date during proceedings here on Monday.
Zizie is on trial on three counts of abetting Bung Moktar, who was then Felcra’s non-executive chairman, in accepting RM2.2mil and RM262,500 from unit trust agent Madhi Abdul Hamid, and a further RM337,500 from Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar, also a unit trust agent, as an inducement for Felcra’s approval to invest RM150mil in Public Mutual unit trusts.
Earlier, Zizie’s lead counsel, Datuk Seri K. Kumaraendran, submitted that the prosecution had failed to prove the element of abetment in Zizie’s three charges.
He said the prosecution ought to prove that Zizie had “substantially assisted” Bung in receiving the corrupt monies for himself, when Bung allegedly obtained approval from the then Finance Minister II for Felcra to invest RM150mil in Public Mutual’s unit trust products.
“All evidence before this honourable court indicates that the sum of RM2.8mil paid to the second accused (Zizie) was an introductory fee voluntarily given by the two unit trust agents.
“There is no evidence that said introductory fee constitutes a bribe,” Kumaraendran said.
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