THREE months after the passing of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, his widow, Datin Seri Zizie Izette Abdul Samad, appeared in the Sessions Court on Thursday to answer charges of abetting her late husband in a high-profile corruption case.
Zizie Izette, 48, dressed in black with a grey headscarf, arrived at the court at 8am, where proceedings were presided over by Judge Rosli Ahmad.
The actress began by reading her sworn statement regarding the case, which centres on alleged corruption linked to Felcra Berhad’s approval to invest RM150 million in Public Mutual unit trust products.
Earlier, she had submitted a representation to the Attorney General’s Chambers on 24 December, last year requesting that the three abetment charges totalling RM2.8 million be dropped, three weeks after her husband’s death.
The late Bung Moktar, the former Sabah UMNO chief, passed away at 1.46am on 5 December 2025 from kidney failure and severe lung infection. On 16 January, the Sessions Court acquitted and discharged him of three corruption charges involving the RM2.8 million sum.
Despite his acquittal and subsequent death, proceedings against Zizie Izette continue, with trial dates set for 5, 6, and 12 March.
The charges stem from 3 May 2019, when Zizie Izette pleaded not guilty to three counts of abetting her husband in obtaining bribes totalling RM2.8 million to secure Felcra Berhad’s approval for the RM150 million investment in Public Mutual unit trust products.
In the first charge, she was alleged to have conspired with Bung Moktar, who at the time served as Non-Executive Chairman of Felcra Berhad, to receive RM2.2 million in cash from investment agent Madhi Abdul Hamid, 38, as a reward for securing approval from the Second Finance Minister.
The act was said to have occurred at Public Bank Berhad, Taman Melawati branch, between 12.30pm and 5pm on 12 June 2015.
The second charge involved her alleged receipt of RM262,500 from Madhi via a Public Islamic Treasures Growth Fund (PITGF) account registered in her name for the same purpose.
In the third count, Zizie Izette was accused of receiving RM337,500 from Public Mutual investment agent Norhaili Ahmad Mokhtar, 42, through a Public Ittikal Sequel Fund (PITSEQ) account also registered under her name, again to facilitate the same investment approvals.
The court proceedings highlight the ongoing legal scrutiny surrounding Felcra’s investment decisions and the alleged involvement of Zizie Izette in abetting her late husband’s actions, even as his own charges were formally dismissed. - March 5, 2026
