KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): Former Sabah chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman has been acquitted of five charges, amounting to about US$13.04 million, out of his 35 corruption charges at the High Court here today.

This means Musa is left with 30 charges of bribery amounting to about US$50.26 million, apart from his other 16 charges of money laundering totalling US$37.8 million and SG$2.5 million, all related to timber concessions in Sabah.