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THE Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur has fixed July 20 as the date to deliver its decision at the close of the defence case involving actress and television personality Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad over corruption charges linked to a RM150 million investment by Felcra Berhad into unit trust products managed by Public Mutual Berhad.
Judge Rosli Ahmad scheduled the ruling after hearing oral submissions from both prosecution and defence teams during proceedings today.
The court also directed both parties to submit any additional written arguments by or before July 9, particularly concerning issues relating to alleged conspiracy elements raised during the trial.
If the court finds that the defence has successfully raised reasonable doubt against the prosecution’s case, the 48-year-old former actress — widow of the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin — will be acquitted of all three corruption-related charges.
However, if convicted, she faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the alleged bribe amount or RM10,000, whichever is higher, for each charge.
During today’s proceedings, Zizie Izette’s defence team led by lawyer M. Athimulan presented final submissions before rebuttal arguments were delivered by deputy public prosecutors Law Chin How and Mohamad Fadhly Mohd Zamry.
The defence formally closed its case on March 5 after calling two witnesses, including Bung Moktar himself, who had begun testifying in his defence on September 2, 2025.
Zizie Izette was originally charged on May 3, 2019 with abetting Bung Moktar, who was then serving as non-executive chairman of Felcra Berhad, in allegedly obtaining RM2.2 million in cash bribes from Public Mutual investment agent Madhi Abdul Hamid.
The alleged payments were said to have been made as an inducement for securing approval from the then Second Finance Minister for Felcra to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust products.
Under the second charge, she was accused of abetting Bung Moktar in receiving RM262,500 from the same investment agent through a Public Islamic Treasures Growth Fund account registered under her name for the same purpose.
She also faces a third charge of allegedly abetting Bung Moktar in receiving RM337,500 from another Public Mutual investment agent, Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar, through a Public Ittikal Sequel Fund account likewise registered in her name.
The high-profile case has remained among Malaysia’s closely watched corruption trials due to the political prominence of Bung Moktar and the substantial value of the Felcra investment involved. - May 18, 2026
