KOTA KINABALU:: The Kinabatangan Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin, has acknowledged that the five years he spent alternating between courtrooms with his wife, Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, were not a brief period of time for his legal matter to be resolved.
A lot of time has been wasted in Kuala Lumpur, he said today, adding that he is thankful that his battle with his wife is over after the High Court acquitted them on Thursday.
“I take this opportunity to thank the legal team and the family members, friends, and colleagues who have prayed for us all these years.
“Thank you very much; may God reward their kindness,” he said when met by reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex.
Following the outcome of this case, Bung said he will be able to spend more time on his duties as a member of parliament, as an assemblyman and as the chairperson of the Sabah UMNO Liaison Committee.
“The time has come for me to focus more on my responsibilities as a people’s representative and party leader. There are a lot of duties and responsibilities that need to be fulfilled after this,” said Bung, who is also the Sabah BN Chairman.
Yesterday, the Hight Court Judge Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid made the decision after allowing the couple’s applications for a revision against the Sessions Court’s decision ordered them to enter their defence on the corruption charges amounting to RM2.8 million involving a RM150 million investment in Public Mutual Berhad unit trust.
Bung, 63, looked calm while Zizie Izette, 44, cried after hearing the decision.
Judge Azhar ruled that it was a fit and proper case to exercise revisionary power under Section 323 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
