Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah hid from the taxman legal fees of RM9.5 million that he received from then-prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, contended the prosecution today.
Lead deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz said this in the prosecution’s opening statement on the first day of Shafee’s RM9.5 million money-laundering trial.
“The accused is an advocate and solicitor of these courts.
“The prosecution will prove that the accused, in his capacity as an advocate and solicitor, received a sum of RM9.5 million as his fee but intentionally suppressed that fact from Revenue (Inland Revenue Board or IRB),” the DPP contended before the Kuala Lumpur High Court.
On Sept 13, 2018 at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Shafee claimed trial to four charges linked to the RM9.5 million allegedly received from Najib via two cheques.
He was charged with two counts of money laundering over the RM9.5 million, which he was accused of receiving in two tranches: the first RM4.3 million on Sept 13, 2013, and the second payment of RM5.2 million on Feb 17, 2014.
Shafee was also charged with two counts of giving false statements to the IRB in relation to the payments, on March 3 and June 29, 2015.
The case was later transferred to the Kuala Lumpur High Court, with today being the first day of trial before judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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