Veteran lawyer Rosli Dahlan has taken the police to civil court, alleging that they falsely linked him to a report lodged by AirAsia Berhad.
He filed the judicial review leave application on Dec 29 last year and the Kuala Lumpur High Court is set to hear it on Feb 19.
According to a copy of his affidavit in support, Rosli claimed the nine respondents abused their power and legal process to tar his name by purportedly falsely linking him to the AirAsia report against i-Serve Technology and Vacations Sdn Bhd.
The first to ninth respondents are: Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain, police Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf, police money laundering team leader Muhammad Hasbullah Ali, three other police officers, the police force, the Immigration Department, and the federal government.
Rosli (above) accused the respondents of falsely linking him to an alleged fraud in 2018.
“I have nothing to do with the matter. I am not a shareholder/director in the said company (i-Serve) and have nothing to do with the management or operations of the company.
“Relying on the police report, the respondents falsely and wrongfully froze all my bank accounts, including my ASNB accounts, and detained me on Oct 26, 2023, which jeopardised my reputation as a lawyer, as well as annoyed and oppressed me,” he claimed.
The lawyer alleged that this was a pattern of political persecution against him, following the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling on Aug 15 last year that quashed four abuse of power charges against former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
Rosli was part of Bersatu president Muhyiddin’s legal team.
“Since the acquittal of TSMY (Muhyiddin), political attacks have switched focus to target me and my law firm. The actual fact is that I am apolitical.
“I am not a Bersatu member nor a member of any political party. As a lawyer, I act in cases of public interest to achieve justice,” Rosli said.
‘Rule of law must be maintained’
He alleged that this is not the first time the nation’s institutions were used to defame him, pointing out that MACC apologised to him in a separate civil court case in 2016.
“I am committed to the principles of truth and justice, with a reputation of ‘do right and fear no man’, including in facing the nation’s institutions that have attempted to defame me or treat me unfairly and unlawfully,” he said.
“The rule of law must be maintained in this country where law dictates the exercise of power, not the rule of power where law is dictated by power.
“Woe be the rakyat if power reigns supreme,” Rosli lamented.
Through the latest legal action, the lawyer seeks several reliefs, including an order for certiorari to quash the actions of the first to fifth respondents under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Act 2001 which allegedly falsely linked him to the AirAsia police report.
Rosli also seeks court orders to quash the authorities’ decision to arrest him as well as freeze his 10 bank accounts and ASNB account.
Malaysiakini is attempting to reach out to the government’s legal representatives from the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) over the matter.
Back in October last year, Rosli’s law firm was raided by the MACC in relation to the issue of the US$6.5 billion (RM30 billion) 1MDB bond settlement deal between Malaysia and international investment firm Goldman Sachs.
Following the raid, MACC had gone to court to seek an order to obtain confidential solicitor-client documentation linked to the deal.
However, on Dec 6 last year, the antigraft agency withdrew the court application. - Mkini
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