Zahid’s CBT, corruption, money laundering trial to resume on Aug 5
High Court Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah yesterday set Aug 5, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 24 for the prosecution and defence to make their oral submissions.
High Court Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah yesterday set Aug 5, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 24 for the prosecution and defence to make their oral submissions.
While delivering his decision via Zoom this morning, Justice Datuk Akhtar Tahir said there were triable issues in the case, hence it should proceed to trial.
The youths had on behalf of the Undi18 movement filed a judicial review application and named Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, the government and the Election Commission (EC) as respondents.
"This is to ensure that Parliament can perform its purposes and serve the citizens at all times.”
In his appeal application, Najib said he never had or had any money in the range of RM7.328 billion that should be taxed.
The case management for the suit will be conducted online on the said date.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin, who is leading the prosecution team, said the trial which was supposed to start on Tuesday, June 8, has been pushed to July 12.
The legal action was dropped after Federal Territories Lands and Mines Office director Datuk Muhammad Yasir Yahya reportedly said the land office committee had agreed to a 60-year extension for the Lady Superior via a letter.
Malay Mail senior correspondent Ida Lim Lee Ting who was testifying today before High Court Judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin, said she on Sept 8, 2018 received the six-page-long press statement "via WhatsApp" from Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee, who is Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's son
Testifying in the 1MDB-Tanore trial today, former 1MDB CEO Mohd Hazem Abdul Rahman was subjected to questioning from defence lawyer Wan Aizuddin Wan Mohammed about the funds which Hazem had previously claimed were for Umno.