KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior officer and a businessman will go to trial after they failed to get two RM640,000 bribery charges linked to a probe into Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's son reviewed by the Attorney-General's Chambers. (A-GC)
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Ezlin Yusop Khan told the Sessions Court that the representation sent by Mohd Rasyidi Mohd Said, 44, and Mohd Hussein Mohd Nasir, 55, on July 1 was rejected by the A-GC yesterday.
Judge Suzana Hussin maintained a two-day trial starting Aug 8 which was set in a previous proceedings.
It was the duo's second representation, which among others, sought the review of the charges framed against them under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009.
Representations are usually made to the A-GC seeking the withdrawal or reduction of charges preferred against an accused.
Defence lawyer Ariff Azami Hussein stood for both accused.
On May 25 last year, Mohd Rasyidi, who was the MACC's investigation branch chief, and Mohd Hussein, also known as "Datuk Roy", were charged with soliciting a RM400,000 bribe from Siti Dalena Berhan and her husband, Syed Farid Syed Ahmad Al Attas near Lorong Kurau in Bangsar between 9pm and 11pm on March 5.
They were also charged with accepting a RM240,000 bribe from the same couple at a fast food restaurant near Desa Sri Hartamas between 2pm and 4pm on March 6.
The money was an inducement to prevent the remand of Datuk Fakhri Yassin Mahiaddin, the eldest son of the former prime minister and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) president, by the MACC.
Hussein was also charged with soliciting RM2 million for himself from the same couple as an inducement to interfere in the corruption charges against Bersatu Segambut deputy chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad.
He was accused of committing the offence near Kampung Melayu Kepong in February last year.
All the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the MACC Act 2009 and punishable under Section 24 of the same act, which carries up to 20 years' jail and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.