Ex-Tabung Haji COO Adi Azuan hit with further charge over home renovations

The former COO of Lembaga Tabung Haji, Datuk Adi Azuan Abdul Ghani, appeared before the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for allegedly accepting renovation costs from a contractor, an offense under Section 165 of the Penal Code that carries a potential two-year jail term or fine.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges related to a March 2017 incident, involving RM8,882.77, and the prosecution requested the case be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court for joint proceedings, where similar charges were previously filed.

The court allowed the transfer and maintained the existing bail conditions set by the Shah Alam Sessions Court.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — The former chief operating officer (COO) of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), who has been charged with accepting payment for house renovation costs, was again brought before the Sessions Court here today on a similar charge involving renovation costs of RM8,882.77 for a house nine years ago.

Datuk Adi Azuan Abdul Ghani, 56, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before Judge Suzana Hussin.

Adi Azuan, who was then a public servant as TH COO, was charged with accepting for himself something of value, namely renovation costs amounting to RM8,882.77 for a house in Jalan Tanjung SD 13/4, Bandar Sri Damansara, from AG Reka Sdn Bhd director Thamsulazri Ismail, whom the accused knew to have dealings with matters conducted by him.

He was alleged to have committed the offence at the residence on March 7, 2017, under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which provides for a maximum two-year jail term or a fine or both upon conviction.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Deputy Public Prosecutor Irna Julieza Maaras informed the court that the accused had been charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court yesterday under a similar section, and the prosecution requested that the RM50,000 bail and bail conditions imposed by that court be applied to this case.

“Yesterday, the court set bail at RM50,000 with additional conditions that the accused report to the MACC Putrajaya office, not interfere with prosecution witnesses, and surrender his passport to the court until the case is concluded. The Shah Alam Sessions Court also set Nov 25 for mention of the case.

“Therefore, the prosecution is applying for this case to be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be heard together as it involves the same witnesses and investigation papers,” she said.

Lawyer Wan Azwan Aiman Wan Fakhruddin, representing Adi Azuan, said the defence did not object to the prosecution’s application for the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be heard together.

“I confirm that the accused was previously charged at the Shah Alam Sessions Court with three charges. Therefore, we ask the court to apply the bail and bail conditions imposed by that court to this case,” he said.

Judge Suzana allowed the prosecution’s application for the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be heard together, and for the bail amount and conditions previously imposed to be applied to this case. — Bernama

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朝圣基金局前首席运营官拿督阿迪·阿祖安·阿卜杜勒·加尼因涉嫌接受承包商的装修费用而出庭吉隆坡地方法庭，此举违反了刑法第 165 条，最高可判处两年监禁或罚款。

他否认与 2017 年 3 月发生的一起涉及 8,882.77 令吉的事件有关的指控，控方要求将此案移交至莎阿南地方法院进行联合审理，此前该法院已受理过类似指控。

法院准许移送，并维持沙阿南地方法院设定的现有保释条件。

吉隆坡，9月25日讯——马来西亚朝圣基金局（Lembaga Tabung Haji，简称TH）前首席运营官（COO）因涉嫌接受房屋装修费用而被控告，今天再次被带到吉隆坡地方法庭，面临类似的指控，涉及九年前一栋房屋的装修费用8882.77令吉。

56 岁的拿督阿迪阿祖安阿卜杜勒加尼 (Datuk Adi Azuan Abdul Ghani) 在法官苏珊娜胡辛 (Suzana Hussin) 宣读指控后表示不认罪。

当时担任 TH COO 的公务员 Adi Azuan 被控从 AG Reka Sdn Bhd 董事 Thamsulazri Ismail 处收受了价值不菲的财物，即位于 Bandar Sri Damansara Jalan Tanjung SD 13/4 的一处房屋的装修费用，金额为 8,882.77 令吉。被告明知 Thamsulazri Ismail 与其经手的事务有业务往来。

据称，他于 2017 年 3 月 7 日在该住所犯下此罪行，触犯了《刑法》第 165 条，该条规定，一经定罪，最高可判处两年监禁或罚款，或两者并罚。

马来西亚反贪污委员会（MACC）副检察官伊尔娜·朱莉扎·马拉斯向法庭通报，被告昨天在莎阿南地方法庭被控犯有类似罪行，控方要求将该法庭规定的5万令吉保释金和保释条件适用于本案。

昨天，法庭将被告的保释金定为5万令吉，并附加条件，包括被告需向反贪污委员会布城办事处报到，不得干扰控方证人，并在案件审理结束前将护照交由法庭保管。莎阿南地方法庭还将此案的下次开庭日期定为11月25日。

“因此，检方申请将此案移交至莎阿南地方法院，以便合并审理，因为此案涉及相同的证人和调查文件，”她说。

代表阿迪·阿祖安的律师万·阿兹万·艾曼·万·法赫鲁丁表示，辩方不反对控方将此案移送至莎阿南地方法院合并审理的申请。

“我确认被告此前已在莎阿南地方法院被控三项罪名。因此，我们请求法庭将该法庭此前作出的保释决定和保释条件适用于本案，”他说道。

苏珊娜法官批准了检方提出的将此案移送至莎阿南地方法庭合并审理的申请，并允许将之前设定的保释金额和条件适用于此案。——马新社

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