The initial trial dates are March 1 to March 5, said lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo, who appeared for the DAP lawmaker at the case management today. The case has been set to go to trial after both parties failed to reach an out-of-court settlement last year.
Once a darling stock on Bursa Malaysia, Transmile was caught in an Enron-esque accounting scandal in 2007 after auditors concluded that the results for the financial years ended December 2005 and 2006 were grossly overstated.
The DAP secretary-general claimed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was unprofessional for leaking the information that he will be facing new charges to the press before he was notified on the matter.
The two charges under Section 403 of the Penal Code are for dishonest misappropriation of property.
Lead defence counsel Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah insisted today that the court should rule on the allegation that Mohd Hazem's witness statement was hearsay. He cited a case law which ruled that issues of hearsay must be dealt with by the judge when they arise and not at the end of the case.
In the event that he is not able to pay the fine by tomorrow, he faces 18 months' imprisonment.
The 44 pieces of jewellery were among the items that were taken by the police at two residential units in Pavilion residences, Bukit Bintang, in May 2018.
In the suit, Deepak alleged that the defendants sought to wrongfully deprive him of two plots of land in Kapar, Klang, measuring 96.83 acres and 81.09 acres respectively and 45.42 acres of land in Bukit Raja, Petaling.
MoH director general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah addressed concerns over a viral message on social media regarding certain areas in Subang Jaya that are supposedly Covid-19 hotspots. He reiterated that the message is not true.
Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan ruled that Najib had failed to show how the charge against him is oppressive.
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