On April 10 this year, Datuk Seri Azlan Man pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here, to five charges of making false claims for an overseas holiday in London amounting to more than RM1.185 million between 2013 and 2017 when there was no such trip made. ― Bernama pic
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Friday, 12 May 2023 12:17 PM MYT
KANGAR, May 12 ― The Sessions Court here today allowed former Perlis menteri besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man’s case involving five charges of submitting false claims amounting to RM1.185 million to be transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
Judge Norsalha Hamzah made the decision following an application by deputy public prosecutor Rehab Abdul Shukur, from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Rehab Abdul Shukur, after lawyer Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid, representing Azlan, did not object to it.
The prosecution applied for the five cases under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 to be combined and heard together with the other five cases, framed under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, made against Azlan at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
The application, made under Section 165 of the Criminal Procedure Code, was on the grounds that all the cases involved the same witnesses and investigations.
On April 10 this year, Azlan, 64, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here, to five charges of...
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