Former Senate deputy president pleads not guilty to 20 counts of bribery

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Former Senate deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Ali Mohamad has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to 20 bribery charges of accepting RM235,000 in cash and three luxury cars related to a Melaka land reclamation project.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ycyf82cc  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Former Dewan Negara Deputy President Datuk Shri Muhammad Ali Mohamad pleaded not guilty

00:07at the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Wednesday to 20 bribery charges between 2017 and 2025.

00:14The 61-year-old Bersatu politician was charged with accepting 235,000 ringgit and three luxury

00:20cars related to a land reclamation project in Melaka. As the managing director of a property

00:26development company, the accused was charged with 17 counts of accepting bribes ranging

00:31from 5,000 to 20,000 ringgit from another company director. For the remaining three charges,

00:38the accused was allegedly given three luxury vehicles from the same individual. The bribes

00:44were allegedly inducement for appointing the company as the contractor responsible for a project to build

00:49and reclaim 100 acres of coastal waters in Kota Laksamana, which was valued at $45.1

00:56million ringgit for mixed development. The court granted Muhammad Ali bail of $60,000

01:01ringgit and fixed July 24th for mention.

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