Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, widow of former Kinabatangan MP Bung Moktar Radin, told the Sessions Court today that the RM2.8 million “introduction fee” she received from two Public Mutual Bhd investment agents was given voluntarily and lawfully.
Zizie, 47, said she was surprised when Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar (25th prosecution witness) and Madhi Abdul Hamid (24th prosecution witness) offered her the money as a token of appreciation for helping them expand their social network.
“I was surprised… I told her (Norhaili) that I did nothing. However, Elly (Norhaili) said it was a common practice within her agency and part of its marketing strategy,” she said.
Zizie was reading her witness statement, as the second defence witness, during the defence trial in which she faces three charges of abetting Bung in an RM2.8 million corruption case before judge Rosli Ahmad.
Didn’t reject the money
On Jan 16, the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court acquitted Bung of the three corruption charges after the prosecution decided not to proceed with the case following his death on Dec 5, 2025.
In response to a question by deputy public prosecutor Fadhly Zamry regarding the RM2.8 million introduction fee, the former actress said she did not reject the money.
“Before accepting it, I asked (Norhaili) repeatedly where the money came from and how it was obtained. After considering everything, I did not reject it,” she said.
Fadhly: This is the first time in court that Datin Seri (Zizie) has said that you did not reject the money from Norhaili.
Zizie: After Norhaili convinced me… yes, I did not reject the money and agreed (to accept).
However, Zizie disagreed with Fadhly’s suggestion that she knew the money was a bribe rather than an introduction fee.
During re-examination, defence counsel Ridha Abdah Subri asked why Zizie agreed with the prosecution’s suggestion that she had not rejected the money.
She replied: “After considering everything and hearing Elly’s explanation that the source of the money was her commission from Public Mutual, I did not see anything wrong with it and therefore accepted it willingly.”
Finances kept separately
She also told the court that she had never given the money to her husband and had never informed him of it, denying that she had abetted her husband in any wrongdoing.
Zizie said she and her husband had an understanding to manage their finances separately, noting that they kept separate safes at home and did not maintain joint bank accounts.
She added that she had never known about nor asked her husband about matters related to Felcra Bhd.
“I have never, in any way, directly or indirectly abetted, encouraged, or prompted my husband to obtain approval from Felcra Bhd or from the then finance minister II for Felcra Bhd to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust products,” she said.
Zizie’s charges
For the first charge, Zizie is accused of abetting Bung, then the non-executive chairperson of Felcra Bhd, in obtaining an RM2.2 million cash bribe from Madhi.
The act was allegedly committed as an inducement for Bung to secure approval from the then finance minister II for Felcra Bhd to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust products.
For the second charge, she is accused of abetting Bung in receiving RM262,500 from Madhi through the Public Islamic Treasures Growth Fund account registered under her name for the same purpose.
She also faces a third charge of abetting Bung in receiving RM337,500 from Norhaili through the Public Ittikal Sequel Fund account registered under her name.
All the offences were allegedly committed at the Public Bank Bhd Taman Melawati branch on June 12 and June 19, 2015.
The charges are framed under Section 28(1)(c) of the MACC Act 2009 and are punishable under Section 24(1) of the same Act, which provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher.
- Bernama
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