PUTRAJAYA MP Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) today by the High Court in a RM1 million corruption case.

The case was due to resume this morning but at the start of proceedings Deputy Public Prosecutor Julia Ibrahim requested that the courts grant the former Federal Territories minister a discharge not amounting to an acquittal.

In  making the request, she cited new developments related to a particular witness who had testified, and that investigations must be carried out before the trial can be allowed to continue.

“I cannot go into explicit details of what the developments are, but in brief, they concern several reports which were made to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against the witness which we feel can bear implications for this case and the witness,” she told the court.

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali granted the request.

Tengku Adnan was accused of having corruptly received RM1 million from businessman Tan Eng Boon, who had previously pleaded guilty to an alternative count of abetting the lawmaker allegedly commit the offence. Tan was fined RM1.5 million for the offence.

The money was allegedly deposited into Tengku Adnan’s CIMB Bank account as an inducement to assist the application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd to increase the company’s plot ratio in a development project on Lot 228, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur.

Tengku Adnan also faces an alternative charge in his former capacity as Federal Territories minister, of receiving RM1 million from Tan via a Public Bank cheque belonging to Pekan Nenas Industries Sdn Bhd, which was deposited into his CIMB account, while knowing that Tan had connections with his official duties.

The trial before Nazlan began on September 20, 2019, with the prosecution calling two witnesses to testify. – December 7, 2020.