Judge Rosli Ahmad made the ruling after deputy public prosecutor Fadhly Zamry told the court a letter had been submitted on Nov 4, requesting a postponement of the trial as the Sabah election would be held on Nov 29.

“The trial will resume from Jan 12 to Jan 14, 2026,” Bernama reported Rosli as saying during case mention, which was attended by lawyer Ridha Abdah Subri representing Bung.

The defence is expected to call Zizie Izette to testify at the next proceedings.

On May 3, 2019, Bung was charged with two counts of accepting bribes, amounting to RM2.2 million and RM262,500, as an inducement to secure approval for Felcra’s RM150 million investment in Public Mutual unit trusts.

He was accused of receiving bribes from Public Mutual investment agent Madhi Abdul Hamid through Zizie Izette at the Taman Melawati branch of Public Bank on June 12 and June 19, 2015.

Bung was also charged with corruptly obtaining RM337,500 in cash from Public Mutual investment agent Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar through a Public Ittikal Sequel Fund account registered under Zizie Izette’s name, for the same purpose.

The charges were framed under Section 17(a) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009, which provides for a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of no less than five times the value of the bribe or RM10,000, whichever is higher, upon conviction.

Zizie Izette faces three charges of abetting her husband in relation to the same offences, allegedly at the same places, dates and times under Section 28(1)(c) of the MACC Act 2009, which provides for the same penalty upon conviction.