KUALA LUMPUR: Three court cases involving political figures will take place throughout the week, beginning today with the judicial review hearing filed by former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the Kuala Lumpur High Court regarding the royal addendum.
On Sept 4, Najib failed in his application at the High Court to initiate contempt proceedings against former attorney-general Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh over the royal addendum, which would allow him to serve his jail sentence under house arrest.
Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching ruled that Najib, 72, as the applicant, failed to establish a prima facie case for the application to be allowed.
Tomorrow, the Sessions Court will proceed with the case of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan involving corruption charges linked to the Jana Wibawa project.
In June, Sessions Court judge Rosli Ahmad allowed Wan Saiful's application for access to three bank statements to support his defence, ruling that the documents were not confidential and must be disclosed to the defence.
Wan Saiful filed the application naming the prosecution, Maybank Taman Tun Dr Ismail branch executive Raja Muhammad Aiman Raja Sa'adi — the 15th prosecution witness — and Maybank Islamic Bhd as respondents.
The 49-year-old is accused of soliciting bribes from Lian Tan Chuan as inducement to assist Nepturis Sdn Bhd in obtaining the Central Spine Road: Sertik to East Coast Expressway Interchange project worth RM232 million through pre-qualification from the Malaysian government.
He is also accused of receiving RM6,962,694.54 via the CIMB Bank account of his company, WSA Advisory Group Sdn Bhd, from Nepturis Sdn Bhd's Maybank Islamic account as a reward for helping the company obtain the letter of acceptance (SST) for the project.
Wan Saiful is also facing 18 charges of money laundering involving RM5.59 million, including transferring and using proceeds of unlawful activities, among them the payment for a Ford Ranger at CIMB Bank Bukit Tunku between Aug 12 and Nov 13, 2022.
Tun Daim's case management.
This Wednesday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court will hear case management related to asset seizure and account freezing linked to the late Tun Daim Zainuddin.
The case management involves 24 plaintiffs, including Daim's wife, Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid, their four children, and several companies.
In February, the High Court allowed Daim's wife to represent the estate of the former finance minister to challenge the legality of the asset seizure and account freezing linked to the ongoing investigation.
Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz made the decision after there was no objection from the Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) to Na'imah's application.
The application was filed following Daim's death in November last year.
On June 6 last year, Daim and his family members filed an application seeking a court order to nullify actions taken by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in seizing movable assets under Section 50 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. - NST
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