Judge Suzana Hussin adjourned the trial after deputy public prosecutor Fadhly Zamry informed the court that the prosecution did not object to the defence application to postpone the trial.
“Today was set for case mention to provide an update on the status of the submission of the prosecution’s witness statements to the defence,” Fadhly said.
He said the statements would be delivered to the defence 14 days before the trial commences.
Lawyer Alaistair Brandah Norman, representing Adam, 43, who faces five corruption and seven money laundering charges, confirmed the postponement.
Previously, the court had set the trial to run for 15 days, from May 27-29, June 10-12, July 9-11, July 22-24 and Aug 5-7, 2024.
Fadhly said the adjournment was requested because Adam’s lead counsel Shafee Abdullah is also defending former prime minister Najib Razak in his 1MDB trial at the High Court.
On Feb 21, 2023, Adam was charged with one count of soliciting a cash bribe of 3.5%-7% of a RM47.8 million road construction project from Mat Jusoh Mamat, the managing director of MIE Infrastructure & Energy Sdn Bhd.
He was also charged with another count of accepting a bribe of RM500,000 from Mat Jusoh as an inducement to help the company secure the same project from the government through direct negotiations.
In February this year, Adam was charged with two counts of receiving RM4.1 million in bribes from Lian Tan Chuan and Mat Jusoh for helping Nepturis Sdn Bhd and MIE obtain two similar Jana Wibawa projects.
He was further charged with one count of soliciting RM2 million from Lian as an inducement to help Nepturis secure another Jana Wibawa project.
All the charges were framed under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 and punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of at least five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.
Adam also faces seven charges of laundering more than RM3 million under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorist Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
The offences were allegedly committed around Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya between March 2021 and January 2023.