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Two Sabah assemblymen and a businessman pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court in Kota Kinabalu on Monday (June 30) to corruption charges involving mineral mining licensing in the state in 2023.

Sindumin assemblyman Datuk Dr Yusof @ Josree Yacob, Tanjung Batu assemblyman Datuk Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy, and businessman Datuk Albert Tei Jiann Cheing made their pleas after separate charges were read before Judge Jason Juga.

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00:00Two Sabah assemblymen and a businessman pleaded not guilty in the Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court
00:07on Monday to corruption charges involving mineral mining licensing in the state in 2023.
00:14Sindumin Assemblyman Datuk Dr. Yusof Yaakob, Tanjung Batu Assemblyman, Datuk Andy Mohamed
00:20Suryadi Bandi, and businessman Datuk Albert Taejian Cheng made their pleas after separate
00:27charges were read before Judge Jason Juga.
00:30Sixty-nine-year-old Yusof, who is also chairman of Kazana Sabah Berhad, was charged with one
00:36count of receiving a 200,000 ringgit bribe from Taej on March 6, 2023, as an inducement to
00:43facilitate the approval of a prospecting license for Nusakini Sendirian Berhad to explore minerals
00:49in Sabah.
00:51Forty-four-year-old Andy, who is also Sabah Assistant Minister of Industrial Development
00:56and Entrepreneurship and Kalabakan MP, was accused of accepting 150,000 ringgit cash from Taej on
01:05May 12, 2023, to assist with the prospecting license application of Sinaran Hayat Sendirian
01:12Berhad.
01:13Thirty-seven-year-old Taej from Selangor was slapped with two counts of giving bribes to both
01:19assemblymen in relation to the same license applications.
01:23All three were charged under Section 16, Subsection AA of the MACC Act, 2009, and face a jail term
01:32of up to 20 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the bribe, or 10,000
01:38ringgit, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
01:42The two assemblymen were each released on bail of 50,000 ringgit, with 10,000 ringgit deposited
01:48under one surety, while Taej was released on a bail of 60,000 ringgit, with 15,000 ringgit
01:53deposited under one surety, for both charges.
01:56They were also instructed to report to the nearest MACC office once every two months, and
02:02to surrender their passports to the court.
02:03The court fixed Aug. 5 for pre-trial case management.

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