KUALA LUMPUR: Segambut Bersatu deputy division chief Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad has filed his first representation to the Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) over 12 corruption and money laundering charges linked to the Jana Wibawa programme.
However, the details of the representation were not revealed.
Defence lawyer Datuk Seri Rajan Navaratnam told Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin that his client's representation was sent to A-GC last Thursday.
"I believe the prosecution needs time to study the representation that we have submitted.
"We apply for a postponement of this trial to give time to the A-GC and we believe the prosecution needs a month (to do so)," he said during the first day of the trial today.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh confirmed that the prosecution had received the representation last Friday and they would need time to study the document and refer it to the A-GC.
She did not object to the postponement of this month's trial dates that had been set during a previous proceeding.
Suzana allowed the postponement and set Aug 6 to hear the decision of the representation.
She set Aug 7 for continuation of the trial if the representation was rejected by the A-GC.
Additional trial dates were fixed for Nov 13, Jan 15, March 19 and 20, March 24 and 25, June 16 and 17, July 1 to 3, Aug 4 to 6, Aug 11 to 13 next year.
When met after proceedings, Rajan declined to reveal the nature of the representation.
Representations are usually made to the A-GC seeking the withdrawal or reduction of charges preferred against an accused.
Earlier, the prosecution's first witness, Harshini Radhakrishnan,who is the Companies Commission of Malaysia's assistant registrar, confirmed that businessman Adam Radlan was the director and shareholder of Bayu Bumiraya Sdn Bhd from Oct 9,2013 to Jan 25 last year.
In her witness statement, she also confirmed the name of companies namely MIE Infrastructure and Energy Sdn Bhd, Nepturis Sdn Bhd and Metrasys Sdn Bhd and their respective directors who are Mat Jusoh Mamat and Zarinah Hamzah; Aliza Abdul Malek and Mohd Rizman Akum Khan; and Lian Tan Chuan and Lim Mei Koon.
On Feb 21 last year, Adam Radlan was charged with two counts of soliciting and accepting a bribe of RM500,000 in relation to the programme.
The next day, he was charged with two counts of accepting bribes over RM4 million in bribes in relation to the same programme.
He was accused of receiving RM2 million from Lian, as an incentive to help Nepturis Sdn Bhd obtain the Klang Utara district police headquarters project from the government worth RM141 million between April 4, 2022 and Jan 5 last year.
He was also accused of receiving a RM2.1 million bribe from Mat Jusoh as MIE Infrastructure and Energy's managing director as kickbacks for the company to secure the Sungai Adam to Sungai Banat road project in Perlis worth RM47.8 million between Nov 26, 2021 and Dec 2,2022.
On Feb 28 last year, he was once again charged for asking for a RM2 million bribe from Lian as a reward to help Nepturis Sdn Bhd get a contract for the Klang Utara district police headquarters worth RM141 million.
On Oct 25, he was charged with money laundering under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA) for using RM500,000 of illicitly obtained funds from his CIMB Bank account between December 2021 and February 2022 at the bank's Bukit Tunku branch.
On Nov 9, he claimed trial to six counts of money laundering charges involving RM3.6 million.
Adam Radlan, as the director of Bumiraya Sdn Bhd, had allegedly transferred illicit proceeds totalling RM3.675 million from the company's account to his personal bank account and three other individuals between Dec 1 and Dec 27, 2022.
The charges were framed under Section 4(1)(b) of AMLATFPUAA.
The offence under AMLATFPUAA carries a jail term not exceeding 15 years and a fine of at least five times the sum obtained from money laundering or RM5 million, whichever is higher upon conviction.