The Court of Appeal has fixed March 7 next year to hear former Felda chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad’s appeal to quash his conviction and sentencing in the corruption case linked to the purchase of a hotel in Sarawak.

The appeal court’s registry set the hearing date during online case management this morning for Isa’s bid to set aside his guilty verdict over nine graft counts as well as six years’ jail and an RM15.45 million fine.

Deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz, who...