FORMER Federal Territories minister Tengku Adnan Mansor’s RM1 million corruption case will be heard before a new High Court judge. 

This follows the Court of Appeal’s decision on February 12 allowing Tengku Adnan’s appeal to disqualify justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali from hearing the case.

During case management today, Nazlan said he had taken note of the appellate court’s decision.

“This case is hereby transferred to High Court 4 (before justice Muhammad Jamil Hussin),” he said.

During proceedings before Jamil, deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim filed an application for a stay of proceedings pending the outcome of the prosecution’s appeal against the appellate court’s decision at the Federal Court.

Jamil allowed the application and set March 25 for the next case management.

So far, two prosecution witnesses have testified before the previous judge hearing the case.

On November 15, 2018, Tengku Adnan, 69, claimed trial to receiving RM1 million from businessman Tan Eng Boon as inducement to approve an application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd (now known as Paragon City Development Sdn Bhd) to increase the industrial plot ratio of a piece of land in Jalan Semarak.

The offence was allegedly committed at the Putra World Trade Centre CIMB bank branch on December 27, 2013.

On September 17 last year, Tan was fined RM1.5 million after he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge of abetting Tengku Adnan in receiving the RM1 million bribe.

Three days later, Nazlan dismissed Tengku Adnan’s application for him to recuse himself from presiding the case.

Tengku Adnan filed the application on the grounds that the judge had read and considered the facts of the case of Tan. – Bernama, February 18, 2020.