Isa Samad settles bail payment and files his appeal notice

Former Felda chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, who was convicted of nine corruption charges involving RM3 million yesterday in connection with the agency’s purchase of Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites (MPHS) in Kuching, Sarawak, settled the additional bail payment of RM700,000 today, as ordered by the High Court.

Mohd Isa, 71, who was in a blue shirt, arrived at the courthouse at 10.36am with his wife, Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid, who is his guarantor, and then left at 1.52pm after making the payment at the Criminal Registration counter of the High Court...