Lawyer: Charges against Musa Aman politically motivated; Umno leader already cleared by MACC, ICAC before
Amer Hamzah said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and ICAC had cleared his client of wrongdoing after investigating him between 2008 and 2011. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Commenting on his client’s acquittal, Amer Hamzah said the lawyers for Musa had on February 12 filed an application in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to strike out the charges against him, owing to reasons such as local and international corruption investigators having cleared Musa of wrongdoing in the past.
“After carrying out a comprehensive investigation, the MACC found that there was no element of corruption and the funds investigated are political donations. This matter was verified by former MACC investigation division director Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali and was notified to the ICAC through a September 2011 letter to the ICAC,” Amer Hamzah said in a five-page statement, referring to Mustafar’s position in MACC then.
Amer Hamzah went on to say that the Attorney General’s Chambers had scrutinised the investigation findings by the MACC at that time, which he said showed that Musa was not involved in any corruption or money-laundering offences.
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