KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here will decide on Jan 20 whether former Perlis Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man will be called to enter his defence or acquitted of 10 charges involving alleged false claims and receiving proceeds of illegal activities.
Judge Azura Alwi fixed the date after hearing submissions from the prosecution and defence at the end of the prosecution's case.
The court also set Feb 10 to 12, March 26, and April 16 and 30, 2027, as trial dates should Azlan be ordered to enter his defence.
Earlier, Deputy Public Prosecutor Noralis Mat submitted that Azlan had made five claims for overseas travel facilities between 2013 and 2017, purportedly in his capacity as Mentri Besar, although investigations found that the trips did not take place on the stated dates.
"The 18th prosecution witness (SP18), former Senior Private Secretary to Azlan, Herwardy Hashim, testified that he was instructed by the accused to provide his bank account number to SP10, former managing director of Sri Kedawang Travel & Tour (W) Sdn Bhd (SKTT), Shafiei Ismail, for the purpose of depositing money received by SKTT into the accused's account.
"This was because the accused wanted to cancel the trip that had been approved through a local order (LO) and undertake the trip himself," he said.
Noralis said the testimony of the 17th prosecution witness, former Assistant Accountant at the Management Services Division of the Perlis State Secretary's Office, Mohd Aswad Abdul Razak,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court here will decide on Jan 20 whether former Perlis Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man will be called to enter his defence or acquitted of 10 charges involving alleged...