Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor has reiterated that Padang Serai MP Azman Nasrudin is innocent until the court rules otherwise.
Speaking in Alor Star today, the state Perikatan Nasional chairman confirmed no action will be taken against Azman while the case is ongoing.
“Being charged does not mean guilty,” he stressed to reporters.
Incident Happened Under Previous Government
Sanusi said the alleged corruption involving the Fidlot Beef Cattle Project took place before 2020, during Mukhriz Mahathir’s administration.
At the time, Azman was the State Agriculture Committee chairman and the project fell under Kedah Agro Holdings.
Sanusi added he only knows what has been reported in newspapers and has no detailed knowledge.
Project Terminated, Company Privatised
The cattle farming venture is no longer active after Kedah Agro was dissolved through a voluntary separation scheme.
The company has since been taken over by a private entity without involvement from the current state government.
Sanusi declined to comment further as the matter is sub judice.
Questions Over Political Motives
He acknowledged Azman’s assertion that the RM400,000 graft charge appears politically motivated.
“There is something strange when different people gave and received, yet someone else is charged,” Sanusi noted.
Azman pleaded not guilty yesterday in Shah Alam Sessions Court and was released on RM75,000 bail.
