Three major court proceedings involving prominent political figures are set to unfold throughout the week, beginning today with former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s judicial review hearing at the Kuala Lumpur High Court over the royal addendum issue.
On Sept 4, Najib failed in his bid to initiate contempt proceedings against former attorney-general Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh regarding the alleged royal addendum that would permit him to serve his prison sentence under house arrest. Justice Alice Loke Yee Ching ruled that Najib, 72, did not establish a prima facie case for the application.
Tomorrow, the Sessions Court will resume the corruption case of former Bersatu information chief Datuk Wan Saiful Wan Jan, linked to the Jana Wibawa project. In June, Sessions Court judge Rosli Ahmad allowed Wan Saiful access to three bank statements, ruling that the documents were not confidential and must be provided to the defence.
Wan Saiful, 49, is accused of soliciting bribes from Lian Tan Chuan to help Nepturis Sdn Bhd secure a RM232 million Central Spine Road project through pre-qualification. He is also charged with receiving RM6,962,694.54 through the CIMB account of his company, WSA Advisory Group Sdn Bhd, as a reward for assisting the company in obtaining the project’s letter of acceptance.
Additionally, Wan Saiful faces 18 money laundering charges involving RM5.59 million, including transferring and using proceeds from unlawful activities, among them payments for a Ford Ranger made at CIMB Bank Bukit Tunku between Aug 12 and Nov 13, 2022.
On Wednesday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court will hold case management involving the asset seizure and account freezing tied to the late Tun Daim Zainuddin. The matter involves 24 plaintiffs, including Daim’s wife Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, their four children, and several related companies.
In February, the High Court allowed Na’imah to represent Daim’s estate to challenge the legality of MACC’s actions, following no objections from the Attorney-General’s Chambers. The application was made after Daim’s passing in November last year.
Daim and his family had filed an application on June 6 last year seeking to nullify MACC’s seizure of movable assets under Section 50 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
