KUALA LUMPUR: Former actress Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad has been acquitted by the Sessions Court here of three charges of abetting her late husband, the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, involving a RM2.8mil bribe linked to a RM150mil unit trust investment.
Sessions Court judge Rosli Ahmad, in his decision, said the accused had proven a reasonable doubt in the case.
“Since the charges against the principal offender were withdrawn because of his passing, the charges against the accused could not stand in this case.
“The prosecution has failed to establish an essential ingredient of the charges. I also find that the accused had no knowledge of the investment.
“There is a discrepancy between the findings of the Sessions Court and the High Court, which had set aside the prima facie ruling. I find there was no criminal intent or conspiracy between the accused and her late husband,” he said here yesterday.
On the issue of RM2.8mil being an introductory fee and not a bribe, Rosli said the issue had been argued extensively before the Sessions Court, before ordering for Zizie Izette, 48, to be discharged and acquitted from all three charges.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry told the press that the prosecution would wait for instructions from the Attorney-General’s Chambers on whether to appeal.
On Sept 2, 2022, the Sessions Court found that the prosecution had established a prima facie case, and ordered Bung Moktar and Zizie Izette to enter their defence.
They filed a revision application against the order and won at the High Court on Sept 7, 2023.
However, on Nov 18, 2024, the Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution’s appeal against the Sept 7 High Court’s decision in acquitting the couple and ordered them to enter their defence.
Bung Moktar testified on Sept 2, 2025. He died on Dec 5 from complications of a severe lung infection and kidney failure.
Following his death, the Sessions Court acquitted Bung Moktar of all three charges on Jan 16 after the prosecution decided not to proceed with the case, leaving Zizie Izette to stand trial on her own.
The defence closed its case after Zizie Izette completed her testimony on March 5.
