Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, Has Zanah Mehat, Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera JJCA:

Introduction

[1] The appellant, a former Prime Minister of Malaysia, was charged with and convicted of seven separate offences by the High Court in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur. The appellant was sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and fine.

[2] Aggrieved by that decision, the appellant appealed against both conviction and sentence in respect of all seven charges.

The Background Facts

[3] The charges against the appellant were preferred under three different statutes, namely:

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(i) A charge under s 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 [Act 694] ("the MACC Act");

Charge 1

"Bahawa kamu antara 17 Ogos 2011 dan 8 Februari 2012, di Pejabat Perdana Menteri, Presint 1, Putrajaya, di dalam Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, sebagai seorang pegawai badan awam, iaitu Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Kewangan Malaysia, telah menggunakan jawatan untuk suapan bagi diri kamu berjumlah empat puluh dua juta Ringgit Malaysia (RM42,000,000.00) apabila kamu telah terlibat dalam keputusan bagi pihak Kerajaan Malaysia untuk memberikan jaminan kerajaan bagi pinjaman-pinjaman berjumlah empat bilion Ringgit Malaysia (RM4,0