Suffian LP:

Hearing: March 21 To 25, 28 To 31, April 1 To 4 And 6, 1977

[1] This judgment, delivered with the consent of all concerned under s 42 of the Courts of Judicature Act, 1964, represents the view of my brother Tan Sri Wan Suleiman and my view. Our brother Tan Sri All Hassan unfortunately died on Friday, 27th May, without formally expressing any view. He had no time to finalise his view because prior to his death he had to go away to London for a month for medical treatment.

[2] This is an appeal by the accused from a decision of Raja Azlan Shah FJ (reported at [1977] 1 MLJ 15) convicting him on three charges as follows:

"First Charge: That you between February 22, 1972, and July 24, 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 Selangot, to obtain the approval of the Executive Council of the Government of the State of Selango