KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin and his celebrity wife Datin Seri Zizie Izette A Samad were separately charged at two Sessions Courts here today with three counts of corruption amounting to RM2.8 million over an investment made by Felcra Bhd in 2015.
The outspoken Kinabatangan Member of Parliament, who was first to be charged before judge Rozina Ayob, claimed trial to three counts of receiving kickbacks in his capacity as non-executive chairman of Felcra at the time.
According to the first to third charges, the 60-year old was accused of obtaining RM2.2 million, RM262,500 and RM337,500 to secure a RM150 million investment for Felcra with Public Mutual Bhd through two unit trust fund investment accounts belonging to Zizie.
He purportedly obtained the amount from two unit trust agents as a reward for getting approval from the Finance Minister II for the investment.
Bung Moktar allegedly committed the offence at Public Bank Bhd’s Taman Melawati branch at Jalan Bandar 12, Taman Melawati here, between June 12 and June 19, 2015.
Meanwhile, Zizie claimed trial before judge Azura Alwi to abetting her husband in the offences.
The duo was allowed RM100,000 bail each and they were ordered to surrender their passports to the courts until the disposal of the case.
Their cases will be up for mention on June 10.