News by Hafiz Yatim

Hafarizam, who has been Najib’s lawyer for many years, is charged with depositing proceeds from unlawful activity totalling RM11.5 million through two AmIslamic Bank Bhd cheques said to belong to Najib in the client account of law firm Messrs Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak at CIMB Bank at Putra World Trade Centre between April 16 and Nov 4, 2014.

Ung said the funds do not belong to YR1M and she had been directed by the late Azlin to transfer the funds via whatsapp message.

“The Bai'al-Inah Islamic facility was offered, where a facility agreement, a sales agreement, a purchase agreement and a government guarantee agreement was formulated."

Umno Pekan, which is represented by Datuk M. Reza Hassan, said his client will apply to strike out the forfeiture on the grounds of procedural compliance.

The BlackBerry phone had been seized from AmBank relationship manager Joanna Yu during a raid at the AmBank Group building here on July 6, 2015.

Datuk Maliami Hamad, who was the ministry’s secretary (management, loan, capital market and actuarial) before he retired, said he was instructed by his superior, MoF’s secretary-general Tan Sri Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah, to process the former 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) subsidiary’s government guarantee application, after receiving instruction from “top people” during cross-examination by lead defence counsel Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah.

Hence, they will be a party to Semantan Estates' judicial review proceedings, which has been set on Aug 15.

This follows High Court judge Sequerah's refusal to grant an adjournment requested by AG Thomas for the August and September trial dates.

The lawyer wants a hearing date on the matter before the court decides to gazette the notice.

Lawyers representing Bustari, Jakel, Mediaedge and Yayasan PBAKM made their clients' intentions of questioning the forfeiture mode to object the forfeiture before Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah today.