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Beruas Umno vice-chief 

charged with corruptionKUALA LUMPUR: Three peopleincluding a Perak Umno division

 vice-chief were yesterday chargedwith offering bribes during theparty’s divisional elections last year.

The three – Beruas Umno vice-chief Azman Noh, 42, con-tractor Johari Ibrahim, 46, fromKampung Panchor, Malacca, anda senior assistant of a primaryschool in Raub, Pahang, JunaidiAbdul Hamid, 46 – were chargedin the Ipoh, Malacca and KualaLumpur sessions court respec-tively.

They pleaded not guilty tothe charges under Section 10 (b)

of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997(Act 575), punishable under Sec-

tion 16, which prescribes a jailsentence of not less than 14 daysand maximum of 20 years, anda fine of not less than five timesthe sum of the bribe or RM10,000,whichever is higher.

Azman is accused of offeringDavad @ Daud Parman a RM300bribe to induce him to vote forAzman in a contest for the Beruas

  vice-chief’s post, Abdul Manaf Hashim for division chief, andAzhar Ahmad for deputy divisionchief at the division’s delegatesmeeting on Oct 12.

Azman, who was representedby Khairil Azwa, is chargedwith committing the offence at 

midnight on Oct 11 at No 10A,Kampung Sungai Ramai, Air

Tawar.Judge Azhaniz Teh Azman

Teh set bail at RM6,000 withone surety and fixed June 1 fora hearing.

DPP How May Ling of theMalaysian Anti-Corruption Com-mission (MACC) prosecuted.

In the Malacca sessions court,Johari pleaded not guilty to givingNadiah Roslan RM200 to induceher to vote for Datuk Abdul KadirDaud in a contest for the AlorGajah division chief’s post at thedivisional election on Nov 1.

He is alleged to have commit-ted the offence at about noon at the Industrial Training Institute

hall in Selandar.Judge Ahmad Kamar Jamalu-

SHAH ALAM: The High Court hearing the Altan-tuya Shaariibuu murder trial dismissed an applica-tion by accused Cpl Sirul Azhar Umar to allow thedefence access to a police statement made byDSP Musa Safri.

Justice Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasinm, in his judg-ment ruled that the court was unable to directthat the police statement under section 112 ofthe Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) be furnishedto the defence.

“It is my finding that when a 112 statement isexcluded from being part of the documents to bedelivered before the commencement of the trial, thesame applies to all stages of the trial including thatof the defence,” he said.

At the outset of the trial, the defence made asimilar application for the prosecution to furnish thesecond accused, Sirul, with the 112 statements ofall witnesses.

Mohd Zaki rejected the application on the groundthat the court was bound by a ruling of the FederalCourt.

“It follows, therefore, that if that application hadbeen granted, the present application would not havearisen, as the accused would have been in the pos-

Altantuya

• Chief InspAzilah

Hadri, 32

• Cpl SirulAzhar

Umar, 37

ACCUSED

VictimAltantuyaShaariibuu, 28

Defence denied access to Musa’sstatement

RM5m for NGO anti-drug programmes

PUTRAJAYA: The government has approved anallocation of RM5 million for non-governmentaland other civil organisations to assist them inimplementing anti-drug programmes.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul

Razak said this was to coordinate drug preventionefforts by government agencies and the role ofNGOs and civil organisations such as Pemadam(National Association Against Drug Abuse).

He also said the government would look into thepossibility of purchasing equipment with the latesttechnology to monitor drug smuggling activities atentry points to the country. “According to policereports, our entry points need to be monitoredmore closely,” Najib said after chairing a DrugPrevention Action Council meeting yesterday.

He said it was also decided that drug awarenesscampaigns would be repackaged to focus on theshift from addiction to normal drugs, to syntheticor designer drugs like syabu and ketamine. After-care programme would be expanded to focus onharm reduction using methadone, and financialassistance and training for cured addicts.

session of all witness statements including the oneby DSP Musa,” he said.

Mohd Zaki also referred to the new Section113 (2) of the CPC in his decision.

On Tuesday, Sirul’s lawyer Kamarul HishamKamaruddin had applied to be allowed access toMusa’s statement.

The court also fixed Feb 4 for Sirul to enter hisdefence by giving a statement from the dock.

Chief Insp Azilah Hadri and Sirul, both from thepolice special action unit, are charged with murderingAltantunya between 10pm on Oct 19 and 1am on Oct20, 2006 at Mukim Bukit Raja here. The two wereordered on Oct 31 last year to enter their defence.

Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, who wascharged with abetting them, was acquitted.

din fixed May 8 for a hearing andallowed bail of RM5,000 with onesurety.

Johari, a former public-ity officer for Perbadanan AyerMelaka, was represented byShamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.DPP Wong Poi Yoke of the MACCprosecuted.

In Kuala Lumpur, Jun-aidi pleaded not guilty to givingRM200 each to two Umno mem-bers, Noranizah Abd Hamid andAdnan Samad, to induce them to

 vote for Datuk Mustafar KamalAbdul Hamid for the post of Raub Umno division chief andDatuk Abdullah Bakar for divi-sion deputy chief.

He is alleged to have com-mitted both offences at a coffeehouse on the first floor of theGrand Seasons Hotel in KualaLumpur at 8pm on Sept 13.

Judge Rosbiahanin Arifinallowed bail of RM10,000 andset March 23 for mention of thecase. Junaidi was also ordered tosurrender his passport.

Mohd Harris Abdullah ap-peared for Junaidi while DPP

Josendra Abu Senin prosecuted.– Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Ten units of fea-ture-rich waste disposal facilities willbe built to replace 111 old ones whichhave been closed nationwide, Hous-ing and Local Government MinisterDatuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said.

The facilities, costing RM180million each, would meet safetystandards in curtailing the emissionof pollutants and be equipped withrecycling centres.

Ong said this was in line withnew legislation on the management of solid wastes effective March.

On another note, he said the

ministry planned to have the privatesector build 25,000 medium andlow-cost houses this year, whilethe government would build 4,000houses under a project for the hard-core poor.

“This will not only meet market demand but also stimulate the hous-ing industry and create jobs duringthe economic slowdown,” Ong saidafter the ministry’s monthly assem-bly here yesterday. – Bernama

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