Hamzah Zainudin's son's graft trial to be heard before new judge

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The trial of Muhammad Faisal Hamzah, a former minister’s son and freelance consultant facing a charge of accepting RM100,000 in bribes, will be heard before a new Sessions Court judge.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3j6bjeph  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The trial of Muhammad Faisal Hamza, son of former Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamza Zainuddin,

00:09who's facing a charge of accepting 100,000 ringgit in bribes, will be heard before a

00:13new Sessions Court judge.

00:15During proceedings on Thursday, Judge Rosina Ayob, who has been presiding over the case,

00:20announced that she will be transferred on August 15 and a new judge will take over the

00:24proceedings.

00:26She added that the court has scheduled August 29 for re-mention of the case.

00:30Forty-year-old Muhammad Faisal, who's a freelance consultant, was charged with accepting the

00:35bribe from Izmir Abdul Hamid as an inducement to use his influence to have high-tech Padu

00:41Berhad appoint Syarikat Rimba Merpati and Syarikat Permai Solutions as its marketing

00:47consultants.

00:48The offence was allegedly committed at an office lot in a shopping mall at Jalan Dutama

00:53Satu in March 2018.

00:56He faces a maximum jail term of 20 years and a fine of 10,000 ringgit or five times the

01:02amount of the bribe, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

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