Overview
- Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and Albert Tei arrived at the Kuala Lumpur court complex on Dec 4 to be charged, with an additional charge to follow in Shah Alam on Dec 5.
- MACC says four charges will be heard in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court and one in the Shah Alam Sessions Court, invoking Sections 17(a) and 17(b) for accepting and giving bribes.
- Sofia Rini Buyong has been designated a prosecution witness and will not be charged after investigators recorded statements from 32 witnesses in a rapid probe.
- MACC has opened an investigation into Tei’s lawyer, Mahajoth Singh, for alleged non-cooperation and denies breaching legal privilege in seeking materials.
- The case stems from Tei’s covert videos and his claim of channeling RM629,000 to Shamsul, a controversy that flared during the Sabah election campaign.