PUTRAJAYA (Jan 23): The Court of Appeal on Tuesday deferred in delivering its decision on the appeal by former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad scheduled on Jan 31, to March 6.
This was confirmed by Isa’s lawyer Siti Sarah Khalil when contacted by The Edge after case management before deputy registrar Mohd Khairi Haron.
This is the second postponement by the appellate bench in delivering its verdict, after it was initially scheduled to deliver its decision Nov 28 last year.
A three-member bench led by Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera that also comprised Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk SM Komathy Suppiah had heard submissions on the matter on Oct 14.
Mohd Isa, 73, was found guilty by the High Court on Feb 3, 2021 on nine bribery charges amounting to RM3.09 million in Felda's acquisition of the Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites in Kuching, Sarawak between July 21, 2014 and Dec 11, 2015, where the offence took place on the 49th floor of Menara Felda, Platinum Park, No 11, Persiaran KLCC, Kuala Lumpur.
Following this, he was sentenced by then High Court judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali (now Court of Appeal judge) to a six-year jail sentence and RM15.45 million fine, or in default another 18 years' jail, for being found guilty of nine counts of graft.