00:00The son of opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamza Zainuddin has pleaded not guilty to a bribery
00:08charge amounting to 100,000 ringgit in the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur.
00:13Mohammad Faisal Hamza, 40, entered his plea before Sessions Court Judge Rozina Ayob on
00:19Wednesday.
00:20According to the charge sheet, Mohammad Faisal allegedly accepted a 100,000 ringgit bribe
00:26from Izmir Abdul Hamid as an inducement for high-tech Padu Berhad to appoint Rimba Merpati
00:31Sandirian Berhad and Shariqat Permai Solutions as marketing consultants due to his influence.
00:38The companies received a commission of 700,000 ringgit after high-tech Padu Berhad was awarded
00:43a 33 million ringgit tender by the Companies Commission of Malaysia for the supply, rental,
00:50implementation, training, support and maintenance of security infrastructure.
00:55The offence was purportedly committed at an office in Publica Shopping Gallery in
00:59March 2018.
01:01Mohammad Faisal is charged under Section 16A.A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
01:07MACC Act 2009, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of no
01:15less than five times the amount of gratification or 10,000 ringgit, whichever is higher if
01:20convicted.
01:22Deputy Public Prosecutor Mahadi Abdul Jumat proposed bail at 30,000 ringgit with one surety,
01:28requesting additional conditions that the accused surrender his passport, report to
01:33the MACC office monthly starting in July, and refrain from contacting prosecution witnesses.
01:39Mohammad Faisal's lawyer, Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal, requested a lower bail amount of
01:4425,000 ringgit, noting that his client needed to travel to Thailand monthly for the process
01:50of opening a hostel.
01:52Judge Rozina fixed bail at 25,000 ringgit in one surety and allowed the additional conditions.
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