N Surendran says there is no basis to charge his client, Padang Serai MP Azman Nasrudin, in relation to an alleged conspiracy to issue a letter of offer.
00:00Padang Sarai MP Azman Nasruddin will apply to strike out his abetment charge at the High Court next month on grounds that it is baseless and defective.
00:12Azman claimed trial earlier today to abetting corruption in connection with a Kedah state-owned cattle farming project.
00:20His lawyer, Anse Rengren, told a media conference after proceedings this morning that he was shocked upon seeing the charge,
00:29adding that the Bersatu lawmaker had committed no offence based on the allegation left with against him.
00:37Rengren said he had informed the court that an application would be filed at the High Court to strike out the charge as it was legally flawed and an abuse of process.
00:48He will also challenge the session's court's order to impound Azman's passport,
00:54arguing that the lawmaker has a clean record and that there is no basis to restrict his travel.
01:01Azman had allegedly directed the CEO of Kedah Agro Holdings Berhad to issue a letter of offer to businessman Hassan Naim Fauzi for the project
01:10and was said to have conspired with another businessman, Ammar Aswad Abubakar,
01:17who allegedly received RM400,000 from Hassan Naim to help secure the project.
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