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The Federal Court has overturned the acquittal of former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad in his graft case involving RM3.09mil relating to the purchase of a hotel in Sarawak.

Federal Court judge Justice Nordin Hassan, who chaired a three-judge panel, said that the trial judge was correct in his findings of the case.

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00:00The federal court has overturned the acquittal of former Felder chairman
00:05Tanshri Mohamed Issa Samad in a corruption case involving more than 3 million ringgit.
00:11The Apex Court on Tuesday reinstated the conviction and six-year prison sentence
00:16handed down by the High Court in 2021, following an appeal by prosecutors.
00:22Federal Court Judge Justice Nordin Hassan, heading a three-judge panel,
00:26delivered the unanimous decision, criticising the Court of Appeal
00:30for failing to properly assess the facts of the case.
00:33Justice Nordin stated that the trial judge's original findings were correct
00:37and that the prosecution's appeal warranted the federal court's intervention.
00:43The former Negri Sembilan Mentri Basar faced nine charges of receiving bribes,
00:48totaling 3.09 million ringgit.
00:51The charges relate to the purchase of the Merdeka Palace Hotel
00:55and suites in Kuching, Sarawak.
00:57Prosecutors alleged the payments were made through intermediaries
01:01as an inducement for approving Felder Investment Corporation's purchase of the hotel
01:05for 160 million ringgit.
01:08The federal court upheld the original sentence from the Kuala Lumpur High Court,
01:13six years imprisonment and a fine of 15.45 million ringgit.
01:19Justice Nordin issued a committal order,
01:21meaning the sentence takes immediate effect.
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