Sheikh Moksin, 59, faces seven charges, while Lieutenant-Colonel Che Ahmad Idris, 54, and Brigadier-General Mohammed Feizol Anuar Ayob, 50, face five charges each.
They pleaded not guilty after the charges were read out separately before judge Sabariah Othman.
Che Ahmad was charged in his capacity as the then head of the Strategic Cyber Warfare Branch with soliciting and agreeing to accept RM500,000 in gratification, as well as three counts of accepting RM105,000 from FEHM Entity Sdn Bhd managing director Elias Jemadi Tajudin as an inducement to appoint the company through direct negotiation to carry out maintenance services at the division.
He was charged with committing the offences at Kompleks Perumahan Tunku Osman Jewa, Kementah, here between September 2019 and April 7, 2020.
Meanwhile, Feizol was charged in his capacity as the then military adviser to the defence minister, with five counts of accepting a total of RM128,000 from Elias through FEHM Entity executive director Hishamuddin Johari and project manager Nurin Nazwa Elias Jemadi as an inducement for him to help submit a letter of intent by the company to be a strategic partner and contractor for maintenance of intelligence equipment at the Defence Intelligence Division.
The offences were allegedly committed at the parking lot of Masjid Khalid Al-Walid, Kementah, at Dorsett Residences Sri Hartamas’ parking lot, and in front of FEHM Entity offices located in Wangsa Maju and Persiaran Bukit Melawati, here between Oct 30, 2019 and June 24, 2020.
Sheikh Moksin was charged in his capacity as the then Defence Intelligence Division head, with soliciting and agreeing to accept RM1 million in gratification, as well as four counts of accepting a total of RM266,000 from Elias Jemadi as an inducement for him to approve a proposal to appoint FEHM Entity through direct negotiation for maintenance services at the Defence Intelligence Division.
He was alleged to have committed the offences at Havana Club, Hotel Concorde, the Defence Intelligence Division Office at the defence ministry, and at HairDoc Medical Publica, Solaris Dutamas, here between June 20, 2019 and June 5, 2020.
He was also charged with accepting RM50,000 from Syed Omar Mohamad as an inducement in appointing Malvus Sense Sdn Bhd to carry out procurement, supply, delivery, training and providing accreditation for two special systems at the Defence Intelligence Division on June 26.
All the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(B) of the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) Act which provides for imprisonment up to 20 years and fine of not less than fives times the amount of the gratification sought, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty.
The court allowed the three accused bail with one surety each, with Che Ahmad at RM80,000, Feizol at RM60,000 and Sheikh Moksin at RM110,000. All of them were also ordered to surrender their passports to the court and to report themselves at the nearest MACC office once a month.
The court set Nov 27 for mention and for submission of documents.
The prosecution was conducted by deputy public prosecutors Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir, Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Abd Rahman and Siti Noor Hafizan Zakaria, while lawyers Gooi Soon Seng, Azrul Zulkifli Stork and PG Cyril Ahmad, represented Che Ahmad, Feizol and Sheikh Moksin, respectively.