In court
Wan Saiful Wan Jan Jana Wibawa corruption trial
The Tasek Gelugor MP's joint corruption and money-laundering trial over an alleged bribe tied to a RM232 million Jana Wibawa road project is still running at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, with no verdict reported. He denies the two graft and 18 money-laundering charges.
- Category
- Corruption
- Since
- Feb 2023
- Last update
- 14 Jul 2026
- Next
- Prosecution case continues (about 50 witnesses planned)
Timeline
- Wan Saiful pleaded not guilty to bribery charges linked to the Jana Wibawa programme.
- The court rejected his bid to strike out the graft charges and fixed trial for the following March.
- The corruption and money-laundering cases were set to be tried together, with prosecutors planning to call about 50 witnesses.
- The trial opened at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
- A new judge and a new lead prosecutor took over the case after nine witnesses had testified.
- The court allowed him access to three Nepturis bank statements for his defence.
- Separately, he filed a RM10 million defamation suit against Bersatu's information chief over podcast remarks about the Jana Wibawa project.