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A Kuala Lumpur court has ordered Hilmi Abdul Wahab, former aide to the Kedah Menteri Besar, to present his defence after the judge determined prosecutors had established sufficient evidence of wrongdoing in a rare earth materials bribery case.
The Court of Appeal will hear Rosmah Mansor's appeal against her conviction, 10-year jail sentence and RM970 million fine in the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project graft case in September.
Former actress Zizie Izette faces a decisive verdict today in a protracted seven-year legal dispute involving corruption allegations tied to her late husband, Bung Moktar Radin.
Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad has been acquitted of abetting her late husband, former Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar, in a RM2.8 million corruption case after seven years of legal proceedings.
Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad presented herself at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex to receive the court's ruling on corruption abetment charges centred on RM2.8 million allegedly mishandled in a Public Mutual unit trust scheme.
Malaysia's Federal Court has upheld Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman's acquittal in a landmark ruling, rejecting prosecutors' appeal in a criminal breach of trust case tied to Bersatu Youth funds.