00:00The Court of Appeal has ordered Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin and his wife, Datin Seri Zizi Izzet Abdul Samad,
00:09to enter their defence on three corruption charges related to a Falkra Berhad investment.
00:15A three-judge panel led by Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi, Ibrahim issued the order on Monday after allowing the prosecution's appeal against the couple's acquittal.
00:26The case will be sent back to the KL Sessions Court for the couple to defend themselves against the charges.
00:32Bung Mokhtar, who was then the non-executive chairman of Falkra Berhad, was facing three charges of accepting bribes amounting to 2.8 million ringgit
00:42to obtain approval for Falkra to invest 150 million ringgit in public mutual unit trusts.
00:49The offences were allegedly committed in June 2015.
00:53Actress Zizi Izzet was accused of abetting her husband.
00:57The Sabah Amno chief appeared calm and smiled when approached by reporters.
01:15The case was fixed for mention on December 5.
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