The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court has allowed the government’s application to forfeit RM169 million cash that was seized in a graft probe against former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his former political aide Anuar Yunus.
Judge Suzanna Hussin granted MACC’s application after the agency’s prosecuting officer, Mahadi Jumaat, informed her that Ismail Sabri and Anuar did not contest the application.
Mahadi also informed the court, at the start of today's proceedings, that the money remains unclaimed despite a gazette published on Sept 22.
The graft busters had filed their application on July 7 under Section 41(1) of the MACC Act 2009, which allows prosecutors to seek asset forfeiture even without charging anyone.
Ismail Sabri, Anuar, and several others have been the subject of MACC’s investigation into the former prime minister’s Keluarga Malaysia’s initiative introduced during his tenure between August 2021 and November 2022.
On June 25, MACC chief commissioner Azam Baki said that the investigation, which began around February, has concluded. No individuals have been prosecuted at present.
The money allowed to be forfeited today was the cash MACC seized from Ismail Sabri’s residence in March - RM14.77 million, S$6.13 million, US$1.46 million, three million Swiss francs, €12,164,150, ¥363,000,000, £50,250, NZ$44,600, 34,750,000 Emirati dirham, and A$352,850.
Apart from the cash, MACC also confiscated gold bars weighing 16kg, worth nearly RM7 million. - Mkini
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