Padang Serai MP Azman Nasrudin will apply to strike out his abetment charge at the High Court next month on grounds that it is baseless and defective.
Azman claimed trial earlier today to abetting corruption in connection with a Kedah state-owned cattle farming project.
His lawyer, N Surendran, told a media conference after proceedings this morning that he was shocked upon seeing the charge. He added that the Bersatu lawmaker had committed no offence based on the allegation levelled against him.
“After scrutinising the charge, we found that it was defective.
“There is no basis to charge him as he committed no offence in relation to the alleged conspiracy to issue a letter of offer,” he said.
Surendran said he had informed the court that an application would be filed at the High Court to strike out the charge, as it was…