Datuk Tan Eng Boon leaves the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex November 15, 2018. — Picture by Azneal Ishak
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Businessman Datuk Tan Eng Boon pleaded guilty to abetment today as an alternative to his initial charge of bribing former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.
Deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim confirmed to the media that Tan had submitted the plea before High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
“Yes, he pleaded guilty to an alternative charge.
“We are waiting for the sentencing in the afternoon,” said Julia.
Tan, a property development firm director, had on November 15 last year claimed trial to bribing Tengku Adnan with RM1 million through a Public Bank cheque of Pekan Nenas Industries Sdn Bhd deposited into the latter’s CIMB account.
The abetment charge was proffered under Section 109 of the Penal Code.
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