00:00The federal court has restored the conviction and sentence imposed on former Felda chairman Issa Samad
00:07for receiving about 3 million ringgit in kickbacks in connection with the purchase of a hotel in Kuching 12 years ago.
00:14Justice Nordin Hassan, who led a three-member bench comprising Justices Lee Sui-Sing and Rozima Ghazali,
00:21said the Court of Appeal had committed an appealable error warranting the Apex Court's intervention.
00:27As such, he said the prosecution's appeal to set aside the acquittal was allowed.
00:33In 2021, the High Court found Issa guilty of nine corruption charges involving 3.09 million ringgit.
00:41He was sentenced to six years in prison and fined 15.4 million ringgit.
00:46Two years ago, the Court of Appeal, led by Justice Vazir Alam Maidin Mira, now a federal court judge,
00:52unanimously allowed Issa's appeal quashing the conviction and sentence, giving rise to the present appeal.
01:00Hanyudrum, FMT.
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