KUALA LUMPUR: The corruption trial of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, 65, and his wife, Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, will face further delays.
Lawyer Teh See Khoon, who represents the couple, said the Court of Appeal was unable to fix a hearing date as the High Court had yet to provide the couple's appeal record.
The couple are appealing the High Court's decision to dismiss their review of the Sessions Court's decision ordering them enter their defence on a RM2.8 million corruption charge.
Teh said the defence could file its appeal petition only with the High Court judgment and notes of proceedings.
"The court fixed May 22 for next case management."
On May 3, 2019, Bung Moktar pleaded not guilty to three charges of accepting bribes amounting to RM2.8 million to get approval for Felcra to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust funds.
According to the first charge, Bung Moktar, the then non-executive Felcra chairman, had accepted bribes of RM2.2 million in cash from Public Mutual investment agent Madhi Abdul Hamid through Zizie Izette.
For the second charge, he was accused of accepting bribes of RM262,500 in cash from Madhi for a similar purpose.
Bung Moktar was also accused of accepting a bribe of RM337,500 in cash from Public Mutual investment agent Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar on June 19, 2015.
He was accused of committing the first offence at the Taman Melawati Public Bank branch on June 12, 2015.
The second and third offences were allegedly committed at the same location at 12.16pm and 12.28pm, respectively, on June 19, 2015.
Zizie Izette, 45, pleaded not guilty to three charges of abetting her husband in the matter at the same place, date and time.