00:01The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Commission of Malaysia, or SSM,
00:07who was charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Thursday,
00:11faced three additional charges on Friday at the Shah Alam Sessions Court.
00:1655-year-old Kuzairi Yahya pleaded not guilty to allegedly receiving RM13,000 in cash
00:22from a technology company CEO more than eight years ago.
00:27Kuzairi was charged with allegedly receiving the cash in three separate transactions
00:31from Big Data Works Sendirian Berhad, CEO, Shariza Zakaria, without any return,
00:39even though he knew Shariza had official dealings with him as a civil servant.
00:43The offences under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum two years jail,
00:50a fine, or both upon conviction, were allegedly committed at several locations
00:55around Kota Damansara and Mutiara Damansara between July 2017 and June 2018.
01:03Judge Awang Karisnada Awang Mahmood allowed an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor
01:08Muaz Ahmad Khairuddin to transfer the three charges to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for trial
01:14after the prosecution informed the court that Kuzairi was also charged in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
01:19On Thursday, Kuzairi had pleaded not guilty to a charge of receiving RM50,000 without consideration
01:27from opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamza Zainuddin's son, allegedly committed at the commission's
01:33headquarters in May 2018.
01:37Sessions Court Judge Susanna Hussin set bail at RM15,000 with passport impoundment and monthly
01:44reporting to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
01:47The case has been fixed for mention on April 20th.
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