KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court yesterday allowed the prosecution’s application for the corruption cases involving businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon and former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to be tried jointly. In his judgment, Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali said Section 170 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) empowers the court
to jointly try more than one accused if the charges are related to offences which are committed in the same transaction.
He said based on the charges, the facts underlined in the transaction were the same. “The date, location, the monetary amount, the cheque, the account holder, the approval seeking the development project are all identical.
“Furthermore, the list of documents submitted to the defence under section 51A of CPC in both cases are the same, so it is very likely that the same witnesses will be called, so I therefore allow this application for a joint trial,” said Justice Mohd Nazlan, who then fixed Aug 20 for case management to fix the trial dates. Deputy Public Prosecutor Julia Ibrahim prosecuted while counsel
Faisal Moideen represented Tan.
On Nov 15 last year, Tan, who is a director of a property development company, pleaded not guilty to a charge of giving a bribe to Tengku Adnan, 68, by depositing a RM1-million Public Bank cheque belonging to Pekan Nenas Industries Sdn Bhd into Tengku Adnan’s CIMB Bank account.
It was allegedly to reward Tengku Adnan for approving Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd (now known as Paragon City Development Sdn Bhd) to increase the plot ratio relating to the development of Lot 228, Jalan Semarak, here. The offence was allegedly committed at CIMB Bank Berhad, Putra World Trade Centre,Jalan Tun Ismail, here on Dec 27, 2013. – Bernama
