KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16 -- The late former Kinabatangan MP, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, was posthumously discharged and acquitted by the Sessions Court here on Friday of three corruption charges involving RM2.8 million.

The ruling was made after the prosecution informed the court that it did not intend to proceed with the case following Bung Moktar's death on December 5, 2025, according to Sinar Harian.

The former Sabah Umno chief had been suffering from kidney failure and a severe lung infection.

However, Judge Rosli Ahmad confirmed that the trial against Bung Moktar's widow, Datin Seri Zizie Izette A. Samad, will proceed.

The Attorney General's Chambers rejected her representation to have the abetment charges against her dropped. Th...