Isa Samad acquitted of CBT, but ordered to enter defence in Felda graft case (updated)


Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad arrived at Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex. - MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad to enter his defence on nine charges of graft involving RM3mil over the purchase of a hotel in Sarawak.

The court, however, acquitted him of the single criminal breach of trust (CBT) charge he faced involving the same hotel after finding the prosecution had failed to prove prima facie.

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