News by Hafiz Yatim

Penang-based Wabina Constructions & Engineering Sdn Bhd will have the full merits of its application over its legal challenge of a government decision that effectively exempts all companies in debt from having to pay its creditors for six months following the Movement Control Order, which was implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19.

The decision was made by Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan after hearing submissions from all parties today.

The family's lawyers Sangeet Kaur Deo and Ramkarpal Singh said this after meeting with Court of Appeal judge Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, who will preside over the trial despite his elevation to the appellate court.

The panel of judges comprises Court of Appeal judges Datuk Yaacob Md Sam and Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail besides High Court judge Datuk Wira Ahmad Nasfy Yasin.

“Yes we just got the dates yesterday and today is fixed for case management at the apex court.”

"He answered the questions posed. They were on the Al Jazeera interview. Allegedly [the] issue [is] with the purported royal coup and backdoor government by Perikatan Nasional (PN),” Syed Saddiq's lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali said.

Yayasan Al-Falah is a foundation run by Ahmad Zahid's siblings in honour of their parents, and is chaired by Datuk Seri Mohamad Nasaee Ahmad Tarmizi, who is his younger brother.

“With regards to the purchase of the two bungalows on Lot 356 and Lot 403 by Yayasan Al Falah, for which my firm prepared the sales and purchase agreement, the money came from Ahmad Zahid,” said lawyer Faisalluddin Mohamat Yusuff.

Testifying in Zahid's corruption trial at the High Court yesterday, Mubarak Hussain Akhtar Husin said he wrote a cheque for RM2 million to Lewis & Co on Nov 25, 2016.

Mohamad Nasaee, 58, happened to be former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's younger brother.