PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor won his appeal at the Court of Appeal here Wednesday to recuse High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali from hearing his ongoing RM1mil corruption trial.
A three-member bench comprising Justices Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, Datuk Rhodzariah Bujang and Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail allowed Tengku Adnan's appeal to set aside Justice Mohd Nazlan's decision in refusing to recuse himself from hearing the trial.
He allowed the appeal for Justice Mohd Nazlan to recuse himself from hearing Tengku Adnan's trial and for the case to be transferred to another court. The Putrajaya MP was charged with corruptly receiving for himself RM1mil from businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon, which was deposited into his CIMB Bank account as an inducement to assist the application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd to increase the company’s plot ratio in regard to a development project on Lot 228, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur.
Earlier, Tengku Adnan's counsel Tan Hock Chuan submitted that Justice Mohd Nazlan ought to have recused himself from hearing the case because he had read and considered the facts of the case of Eng Boon who had pleaded guilty and was fined RM1.5mil for abetting Tengku Adnan in the RM1mil graft case."The High Court judge has some knowledge about the case and certainly the facts are prejudicial to my client and therefore, he should not hear the case, ” said Hock Chuan.
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