00:02Former Senior Political Secretary to the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohamad
00:08Akin is appealing the High Court's dismissal of his application to transfer five corruption
00:13charges from the Sessions Court to the High Court.
00:17His lawyer, Datuk Amer Hamza Arshad, informed the court on Friday that a notice of appeal
00:23had been filed on Wednesday.
00:25Sessions Judge Susanna Hossein subsequently fixed June 29 for mention.
00:30On April 28, the High Court dismissed the transfer application on the grounds that Shamsul Iskandar
00:36had failed to meet the requirements under Section 417 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
00:43Shamsul Iskandar faces five corruption charges involving cash bribes totaling RM140,000, as
00:50well as furniture and electrical items valued at over RM36,000, allegedly received from
00:57businessman Albert Tayjan Cheng as inducement to assist companies linked to Tay in obtaining
01:02mineral exploration license approvals in Sabah.
01:05He faces an additional charge at the Shah Alam Sessions Court involving a bribe of 62,924 ringgit,
01:14allegedly deposited into a woman's bank account to pay rent for a house in Kuala Lumpur.
01:19All charges under Section 17A of the MACC Act 2009 carries a maximum jail term of 20 years and
01:29a fine of not less than five times the bribe amount or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
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