The then-Labuan Port Authority (LPA) deputy chairperson Rozman Isli cited “political implication” to defer appointing a company to manage Merdeka Port Terminal in 2018, a MACC investigating officer testified.

Twenty-fourth prosecution witness Mohd Ahyar Salleh Hudin was giving oral evidence before the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today over his findings in his investigation that the former Labuan MP Rozman had committed abuse of power.

Rozman is on trial over allegation that the accused - as then-officer of a government agency or deputy chairperson of LPA - had used his position to solicit bribes for an employment contract, namely to operate...