Albert Tei fails to transfer corruption charges to High Court
Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin says the issues raised are not complex and can be adequately dealt with in the sessions court.
The High Court denied businessman Albert Tei's request to transfer his corruption charges from the sessions court to the High Court. Judge Noor Ruwena Nurdin dismissed Tei's application, stating that the issues raised were not complex and could be handled in the sessions court. Tei, 37, faces five corruption charges, including giving RM140,000 in cash bribes and other gifts to the former senior political secretary of the prime minister, Shamsul Iskandar Akin.
The alleged bribery took place at various locations in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya between November 2023 and March 2024. Tei is also accused of bribing Shamsul with RM64,924 at a bank in Kajang between November 2023 and September 2024. The charges under Section 17(b) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 carry a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to 20 times the value of the bribe.
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