Muhyiddin trial: Lawyer accuses MACC officer of ‘intimidation’ over police report

In a recent court proceeding, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's lawyer, Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, accused a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer of intimidation and attempting to tarnish his reputation through a police report alleging a leak of classified information.

Amer contended the report was misleading and unrelated to Muhyiddin's power abuse trial, asserting that the document in question was lawfully obtained.

The MACC officer, Mazery Mohd Zaini, apologized and suggested the report aimed to protect MACC's integrity.

Despite the apology, Amer emphasized his rights and the potential legal actions he might pursue, as the situation continues to unfold in court.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad today told the High Court that a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer had allegedly attempted to intimidate and tarnish his reputation as a lawyer, based on the officer’s MACC colleague’s police report.

Amer, who was cross-examining MACC officer Mazery Mohd Zaini as the 29th prosecution witness yesterday in Muhyiddin’s power abuse trial, said the police report had false information.

Amer said the police report lodged yesterday had named him and referred to the ongoing trial, and referred to an alleged classified document that Muhyiddin’s lawyers had wanted to be included as evidence in the trial.

Amer said the MACC officer who lodged the police report had said he received information from the investigating officer in Muhyiddin’s trial, adding that he could only infer that it refers to Mazery who is still under oath and was scheduled to give evidence in court today.

“It’s clearly an attempt at intimidation,” he said. “But I’m not intimidated, they drew first blood and I will repay them with no quarters.”

Amer accused Mazery of trying to tarnish his reputation and trying to mislead the public via the police report’s claim that the document is not related to Muhyiddin’s trial, describing it as an “underhanded tactic” by a witness who was still testifying in court.

The alleged classified document was the statement that MACC had recorded from Adam Radlan Adam Muhammad during investigations.

“No court should condone this kind of tactic. Yang Arif is supposed to decide on subject matter of the case based on all facts and legal arguments. Yet the very IO whom we have challenged with several issues, decided to undermine the entire trial process by lodging this report,” he said.

Amer told the High Court that he is considering various legal action: “I will not exclude the possibility of lodging a report against the appropriate person including the IO for making false report, contempt of court and any other legal action. I reserve all those rights.”

“I’m making an application to this court to reserve my right to further cross this witness with regard to his underhanded tactic,” he added.

Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said the defence team stands in support of Amer, while fellow defence lawyer Datuk Seri K. Kumaraendran asked if the High Court would consider commencing contempt of court proceedings against Mazery.

Mazery then apologised to Amer and explained the police report made by his MACC colleague was only intended to ensure that there had been no leaks of classified information.

“First, I want to apologise to the lawyers, especially Datuk Amer, about the issue of report lodged. About that report, actually I worried that the document came from MACC officers, so I worried there is a leak of internal information from MACC officers. If there is, I have to protect my department, MACC’s integrity.

“That’s why the report was made to see if there was leaks from MACC itself. So we don’t want this classified document that is so important could simply go out, especially in the future,” he said, adding that he has no intention to hurt the image of the lawyers whom he had always respected.

Mazery said he may get the police report withdrawn if he finds there were no leaks by MACC officers.

After hearing Mazery’s explanation, Amer stressed that the document was provided by the prosecution to Adam Radlan’s lawyers in the latter’s own case, and that Muhyiddin’s lawyers had obtained the document from Adam Radlan’s lawyers.

“To clear the air, we obtained this document from the legal team representing Adam Radlan, we never obtained this document through any illegal or improper channels. So let it be clear, that the report has no basis whatsoever,” he said, adding that Mazery could have asked him first where the document came from instead of lodging the police report.

“I never obtained it from MACC, we never obtained it from MACC, 100 per cent,” Amer later said at another point, also adding that Muhyiddin’s lawyers are “entitled” to obtain it from Adam Radlan’s lawyers as they feel it is relevant to Muhyiddin’s trial.

While taking note of Mazery’s apology and explanation, Amer said he still reserves his rights and that his reputation remains tarnished for every second that the police report remains out there.

Amer had pointed out that the police report had been reported by the media.

After Muhyiddin’s lawyer Rosli Dahlan pressed for Mazery to inform the court that the police report would be withdrawn, the judge allowed Mazery’s request to carry out the necessary checks before withdrawing the report and also directed him to report to the court as soon as possible.

In this trial, Muhyiddin is facing seven charges, namely four counts of alleged power abuse to obtain RM225.3 million in bribes for his party, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (from Nepturis Sdn Bhd, Datuk Seri Azman Yusoff, KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd, Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd and Mamfor Sdn Bhd), and three counts of alleged money laundering involving money that Bersatu received from Bukhary Equity.

The trial before High Court judge Noor Ruwena Md Nurdin is scheduled to resume this afternoon, with Mazery expected to update the court on the status of the police report.

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在最近的一次法庭诉讼中，丹斯里慕尤丁·亚辛的律师拿督阿米尔·哈姆扎·阿尔沙德指控马来西亚反贪污委员会（MACC）的一名官员恐吓他，并试图通过一份警方报告来抹黑他的名誉，该报告声称泄露了机密信息。

Amer 辩称该报告具有误导性，与穆希丁滥用职权案审判无关，并声称该文件是合法获得的。

反贪污委员会官员马泽里·莫哈末·扎伊尼道歉，并表示该报告旨在维护反贪污委员会的诚信。

尽管对方道歉，但阿梅尔强调了他的权利以及他可能采取的法律行动，因为案件仍在法庭上继续审理。

吉隆坡，9月15日讯——前首相丹斯里慕尤丁·亚辛的律师拿督阿米尔·哈姆扎·阿尔沙德今天向高等法院表示，一名马来西亚反贪污委员会（MACC）官员涉嫌试图恐吓慕尤丁并损害其律师声誉，该指控基于该官员的反贪污委员会同事向警方提交的报告。

昨天，在穆希丁滥用职权案的审判中，作为控方第 29 位证人，阿梅尔对反贪污委员会官员马泽里·莫哈末·扎伊尼进行交叉询问时表示，警方报告包含虚假信息。

阿梅尔表示，昨天提交的警方报告中提到了他的名字，并提到了正在进行的审判，还提到了一份据称是机密的文件，穆希丁的律师希望将其作为证据提交给审判。

阿梅尔表示，向警方报案的反贪污委员会官员称，他从穆希丁审判的调查人员那里得到了信息，并补充说，他只能推断这指的是马泽里，马泽里仍在宣誓作证，原定于今天出庭作证。

“这显然是企图恐吓，”他说。“但我不会被吓倒，他们先动手的，我一定会毫不留情地还击。”

阿梅尔指责马泽里试图通过警方报告声称该文件与穆希丁的审判无关来抹黑他的名誉并误导公众，称这是仍在法庭作证的证人所采取的“卑鄙手段”。

据称这份机密文件是反贪污委员会在调查期间记录的亚当·拉德兰·亚当·穆罕默德的供述。

“任何法院都不应容忍这种策略。法官应根据所有事实和法律论据对案件作出裁决。然而，我们曾就诸多问题质疑的调查官，却通过提交这份报告来破坏整个审判程序，”他说道。

阿梅尔告诉高等法院，他正在考虑采取各种法律行动：“我不排除对相关人员（包括调查官）提起诉讼的可能性，指控他们作伪证、藐视法庭，以及采取任何其他法律行动。我保留所有这些权利。”

“我向法庭提出申请，保留就该证人使用的卑鄙手段进一步盘问他的权利，”他补充道。

穆希丁的律师拿督希沙姆·特·波·泰克表示，辩护团队支持阿梅尔，而另一位辩护律师拿督斯里·库马拉恩德兰则询问高等法院是否会考虑对马泽里提起藐视法庭诉讼。

随后，马泽里向阿梅尔道歉，并解释说，他的反贪污委员会同事向警方报案只是为了确保没有机密信息泄露。

“首先，我要就提交的报告一事向律师们，特别是拿督阿梅尔，道歉。关于那份报告，我其实担心文件来自反贪污委员会的官员，所以我担心反贪污委员会内部信息泄露。如果确实如此，我必须维护我部门，维护反贪污委员会的廉洁。”

“所以我们才撰写这份报告，看看反贪污委员会内部是否存在泄密行为。我们不希望这份如此重要的机密文件就此泄露出去，尤其是在未来，”他说道，并补充说，他无意损害他一直尊敬的律师们的形象。

马泽里表示，如果他发现反贪污委员会官员没有泄密，他可能会要求撤回警方报告。

在听取了马泽里的解释后，阿梅尔强调，该文件是检方在亚当·拉德兰自己的案件中提供给他的律师的，而穆希丁的律师是从亚当·拉德兰的律师那里获得了该文件。

“为了澄清事实，我们是从亚当·拉德兰的法律团队那里获得的这份文件，我们从未通过任何非法或不正当渠道获得过这份文件。所以请大家明白，这份报道毫无根据，”他说道，并补充说，马泽里本可以先问问他这份文件的来源，而不是直接报警。

“我从未从反贪污委员会获得过这份文件，我们从未从反贪污委员会获得过，百分之百是这样，”阿梅尔后来在另一场合说道，他还补充说，穆希丁的律师“有权”从亚当·拉德兰的律师那里获得这份文件，因为他们认为这与穆希丁的审判有关。

阿梅尔表示，虽然他注意到了马泽里的道歉和解释，但他仍然保留自己的权利，而且警方报告每存在一秒钟，他的名誉就会受到损害。

阿梅尔指出，警方的报告已被媒体报道。

在穆希丁的律师罗斯利·达兰敦促马泽里告知法庭将撤回警方报告后，法官允许马泽里在撤回报告前进行必要的核查，并指示他尽快向法庭报告。

在这次审判中，慕尤丁面临七项指控，即四项涉嫌滥用权力为其政党土团党（来自Nepturis Sdn Bhd、Datuk Seri Azman Yusoff、KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd、Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd和Mamfor Sdn Bhd）收取2亿2530万令吉贿赂的罪名，以及三项涉嫌洗钱的罪名，涉及金钱土团党从 Bukhary Equity 获得。

高等法院法官努尔·鲁韦纳·穆罕默德·努尔丁主持的审判定于今天下午继续进行，预计马泽里将向法庭汇报警方报告的最新情况。

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