KUALA LUMPUR: Labuan MP Rozman Isli today failed in his bid to strike out a charge of abuse of power to secure a contract, allegedly committed four years ago.
Sessions court judge Rozina Ayob dismissed the application after finding that the court had no jurisdiction to quash the charge without a trial.
The court then fixed June 27, 28 and 29, July 7 and Aug 11 and 12 as dates for the trial as well as June 15 for case management.
On Feb 7, Rozman, 58, filed the application on the grounds that the charge under Section 23 (1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 was baseless, either in terms of facts or law and was done with malicious intent and was an abuse of court process.
On Oct 14 last year, Rozman was charged with abusing his position as deputy chairman of the Labuan Port Authority to secure a contract for Syarikat Labuan Liberty Port Management Sdn Bhd, in which his father and a younger brother have an interest.
The offence was allegedly committed at a meeting room at the transport ministry, Presint 4, Putrajaya, between 2.30pm and 5.30pm, on March 21, 2018.
The charge, framed under Section 23 (1) of the MACC Act and punishable under Section 24 (1), provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the value of the gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted. - FMT
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