Raja Azlan Shah FJ:

[1] The accused is charged as follows:

"First Charge: That you between 22 February 1972 and 24 July 1972, in your office at Kuala Lumpur, then in the State of Selangor, corruptly solicited for a political party, namely, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a gratification, to wit, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Kuala Lumpur, as an inducement to you, being a member of a public body, namely Government of the State of Selangor, to obtain the approval of the Executive Council of the Government of the State of Selangor in respect of an application of the said bank for alienation of a piece of State land held under TOL 6450 for the purpose of amalgamating the land applied for with Lots 76, 77 and 78, s 11, Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur and to construct thereon a multistorey building and that you thereby committed an offence punishable under s 3(a)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1961.

Second Charge: That you on or about 16 August 1972 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Subang, in the State of Selangor, being a member of a public body, to wit, Mentri Besar Selangor, did accept