A five-day hearing will begin on Dec 7 before High Court judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim told FMT.
All criminal trials and appeals in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya have been vacated since Oct 14 because of the CMCO.
On July 23, Nazlan fixed new trial dates after the case was grounded last year as Tengku Adnan, popularly known as Ku Nan, attempted to disqualify the trial judge on grounds of bias.
A three-member Federal Court bench, who allowed the prosecution’s appeal, ruled on July 18 that judges were professionals and delivered judgments based on evidence.
Two prosecution witnesses have testified so far before Nazlan, following which the recusal application was filed.
Tengku Adnan, the Putrajaya MP, had said he would not receive a fair trial as Nazlan knew the facts of his case after sentencing businessman Tan Eng Boon, who pleaded guilty to abetment in September last year.
Nazlan fined Tan RM1.5 million for bribing Tengku Adnan over land deals involving Kuala Lumpur City Hall.
Tan, 71, pleaded guilty to an amended charge under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which carries a two-year jail term, a fine or both upon conviction.
Tengku Adnan, meanwhile, was charged with receiving a RM1 million payment from Tan to approve an application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd (now known as Paragon City Development Sdn Bhd) to increase the industrial plot ratio of a piece of land on Jalan Semarak.
The offence was allegedly committed at the Putra World Trade Centre CIMB bank branch on Dec 27, 2013.
He was charged under Section 24(1) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act. If convicted, he could be jailed up to 20 years and fined five times the gratification amount received.
The High Court, in a separate hearing, will also give its decision on a RM2 million corruption charge against Tengku Adnan on Dec 21.
Tengku Adnan was charged in his capacity as a civil servant, namely as the FT minister, of having received for himself a total of RM2 million from businessman Chai Kin Kong, a director of AKSB, through a cheque deposited into the account owned by Tadmansori Holdings Sdn Bhd (THSB), which the accused has an interest in and is known to AKSB as being related to his official duties.