Sinar Harian reported Adam’s lawyer Rajan Navaratnam as telling judge Suzana Hussin that the representations concern five charges of bribery involving the Jana Wibawa project and seven money laundering charges.
Rajan said the representations were sent to the AGC last Thursday, and that the prosecution would require time to study them.
“We request that the trial of the case be postponed. I believe the prosecution needs one month (to study the documents).
“The time requested is reasonable given that this is the first time Adam has lodged his representations,” he said.
Deputy public prosecutor Farah Yasmin Salleh confirmed receipt of the submission last Friday.
Farah said the prosecution did not object to the defence’s request.
The court then allowed a postponement of the trial, and set Aug 6 for the prosecution to decide on the representations, and Aug 7 for the trial should the application be rejected.
The court also set additional trial dates on Nov 13 this year, and Jan 15 next year, as well as March 19, 20, 24 and 25, June 16 and 17, July 1 to 3, and Aug 6, 11, 12 and 13.
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.
Adam also faces seven charges of laundering more than RM3 million under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism 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.