The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Sept 27) fixed Dec 9 and 10 to hear the prosecution's application for the four charges of using position and three charges of receiving money from illegal activities facing former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to be heard together.
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00:00The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur has set December 9 and 10 to hear the prosecution's
00:06application to consolidate four charges of abuse of power and three charges of receiving
00:11money from illegal activities against former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
00:17Judge Azura Alwi fixed the date during a case mention on Friday, which was attended by Deputy
00:23Public Prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladeen, along with Muhyiddin's lawyers Amir
00:29Hamza Arshad and Datuk Seri K Kumara Endran. Earlier, Wan Shaharuddin informed the court
00:35that all seven charges against Muhyiddin should be tried together as they are related. In
00:39response, Amir Hamza noted that the defence would also file an application on the same
00:44day to strike out the prosecution's request to combine the charges.
00:50During the same proceeding, Wan Shaharuddin requested the court to set trial dates, but
00:55Amir Hamza objected, stating that he needed to consult with lead counsel Datuk Hisham
01:00Tehpoteik. Judge Azura subsequently set October 3 for both parties to update the court on
01:07trial dates. On the same day, the court will also hear Muhyiddin's application for the
01:12temporary release of his passport.
01:15On September 11, the Court of Appeal dismissed Muhyiddin's application to review a previous
01:20ruling reinstating the four charges of power abuse involving 232.5 million ringgit. Muhyiddin,
01:29as then Prime Minister and President of Bersatu, is accused of using his position to secure
01:34232.5 million ringgit in bribes from Bukhari Equity Sendirian Berhad, Nepturist Sendirian
01:40Berhad, Mamfor Sendirian Berhad and Datuk Azman Yusuf for his political party. The alleged
01:47offences occurred at the Prime Minister's office in Putrajaya between March 1, 2020
01:54and August 20, 2021. The 77-year-old also faces two charges of receiving 195 million
02:01ringgit from illegal activities deposited into Bersatu's CIMB bank account between February
02:0825 and July 16, 2021, and between February 8 and July 8, 2022. Additionally, Muhyiddin
02:18was charged in the Sessions Court in Shah Alam on March 13 last year with receiving
02:24five million ringgit from illegal activities. That case was later transferred to the Sessions
02:29Court in Kuala Lumpur for joint trial.
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