Rafizi’s BAFIA case up for re-mention March 6

Rafizi (right) and Johari were charged with disclosing banking documents related to the National Feedlot Centre scandal. — File pic

SHAH ALAM, Feb 4 — The Sessions Court here today fixed March 6 for re-mention of the case involving Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) strategy director Mohd Rafizi Ramli and a bank clerk, who were charged under the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA) 1989.

Judge G. Ramesh set the date after allowing the application by Mohd Rafizi’s counsel, Evic Paulsen, for a new mention date pending disposal of the accused’s appeal against the High Court’s decision to reject his application to strike out the BAFIA charge against him.

Last November 23, Justice Datuk Ghazali Cha rejected Mohd Rafizi’s application to strike out the charge after deciding that it was made prematurely.

Mohd Rafizi, 36, filed the application on September 10, 2012, contending that the charge was politically motivated.

He had pleaded not guilty to unauthorised disclosure of the Public Bank Bhd account balance statements of National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp), National Meat & Livestock Sdn Bhd, Agroscience Industries Sdn Bhd and NFC chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail, to Yusof Abdul Alim and Erle Martin Carvalho.

He is alleged to have committed the offence at the PKR headquarters at Merchant Square, Jalan Tropicana Selatan in Petaling Jaya on March 7, 2012.

Former Public Bank clerk Johari Mohamad, 42, had also claimed trial to abetting Mohd Rafizi on the same date and place. — Bernama