Adam Rosly loses appeal to set aside conviction
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction, six months’ jail and RM30,000 fine on former Ampang Angkatan Muda Keadilan chief Datuk Adam Rosly Abdullah for giving false statements and fake documents to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
A three-member bench, comprising Datuk Yaacob Md Sam, Datuk P. Ravinthran and Datuk Wira Ahmad Nasfy Yasin, dismissed Adam Rosly’s appeal on Monday.
The court affirmed the Sessions Court’s decision on April 26, 2018, which sentenced Adam Rosly to six months’ jail and fined him RM30,000 after finding him guilty of six counts of giving false statements and submitting fake documents to the MACC during a 2017 investigation into claims of his extraordinary wealth.
Justice Yaacob, who delivered the court’s unanimous decision, held that Adam Rosly’s conviction was supported by evidence.
He issued a warrant of committal against Adam Rosly, 33, for his jail sentence to take effect from Monday.
On the first two charges, Adam Rosly was accused of giving false statements to two MACC investigating officers, under Section 32(8)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering,
Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
The statements were related to his career as a businessman, his income, luxury vehicles, RM1.2 million bungalow in Kampung Melayu Ampang, which was bought in cash, a RM200,000 loan from his mother-in-law and late grandmother, and a RM500,000 loan from an “Ah Long”.
On the other four charges, he allegedly used two fake loan agreement documents from two individuals and two cash vouchers from his company, Gegas Mentari Holding Sdn Bhd, to mislead the MACC investigating officers.
He allegedly committed the offences at the MACC headquarters at the Federal Government Administrative Centre, Putrajaya, between 9am and 12.15pm on Feb 10, 2017, and between 9am and 2pm on Feb 22, the same year.
On Nov 26, 2019, he lost his appeal in the High Court.
The court proceedings resumed on Monday to hear submissions by deputy public prosecutor Wong Poi Yoke, who submitted that the offences committed by Adam Rosly by giving false statements and documents to MACC to avoid declaring his wealth, which was under investigation, were serious offences.