Shafee: Defence mulling striking out Najib's RM27m SRC money laundering charges
"This case, there is no predicate offence in these set of charges and we are considering to strike out these charges,"
"This case, there is no predicate offence in these set of charges and we are considering to strike out these charges,"
He repeated this three times during questioning by deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi about payments of RM27 million and RM5 million on Dec 26, 2014 and a payment of RM10 million made on Feb 10, 2015.
"The reason for the transfer is recorded as 'CSR (corporate social responsibility) programmes'. I recognised the remittance form as I prepared the document," the witness said.
The Court of Appeal's three-member bench, led by Justice Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, was unanimous in its dismissal of the appeal.
Najib and Mohd Irwan are jointly facing six charges of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.64 billion of government funds for payments to IPIC.
This is even after Sime Darby Plantation had applied for a judicial review.
Today's application was to ensure that Semantan Estates' application is not frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the court process.
Justice Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali fixed the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Allan Suman Pillai told the court that the prosecution has finished submitting all documents related to the case to Mohd Isa's defence team and suggested that a mention date be fixed a month before the scheduled trial date, which is set to begin on Oct 7.
“Our clients have the right to remain silent and the privilege of self-incrimination," Rosmah's counsels argued.
Amirah, the 34th prosecution witness, insisted that she had willingly said in her statement that the two RM2 billion loans to SRC was amongst the largest she had seen during her tenure in KWAP. "I wanted to put this," she said, before Harvinderjit ended his cross-examination.