Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokhtar Radin expressed his gratitude that his five-year struggle with his wife Zizie Izette Abdul Samad in the corruption case filed against them was finally over with their acquittal by the High Court yesterday.
Bung, 66, also thanked the legal team and those who prayed for him all this time.
"Thank you very much, may Allah reward their kindness," he said when met by reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex.
Asked if the charges against him were politically motivated, the Umno supreme council member said that it was indeed.
Meanwhile, lawyer M Athimulan, representing Bung, said the hard work of the defence team had paid off.
Judge Azhar Abdul Hamid acquitted and discharged the couple after allowing their applications for a revision against the Sessions Court's decision for them to enter their defence on the corruption charges amounting to RM2.8 million involving an RM150 million investment in Public Mutual Bhd unit trust.
The Sessions Court, on Sept 2 last year, ordered Bung and Zizie to defend themselves on the three charges of corruption and they then filed an application for review in the High Court against the Sessions Court's decision.
- Bernama
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