MACC seeks forfeiture of RM169mil from Ismail Sabri
Sessions Court judge Suzana Husin set the date during case management here yesterday.
Lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, who represented Ismail Sabri, informed the court that the respondent needed more time to reply to the application.
The court then instructed the respondent to file an affidavit by Aug 13 and the prosecution to file affidavit-in-reply by Sept 3.
Deputy public prosecutor Ifa Sirrhu Samsudin and Alis Izzati Azurin Rusdi appeared for the prosecution.
On July 7, the MACC, represented by the deputy public prosecutor as the applicant, filed the application and named Ismail Sabri's former political secretary, Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus and the former prime minister as first and second respondents.
In the application, the MACC is seeking a court order to forfeit cash seized from the first respondent for the Malaysian government, including RM14,772,150, S$6,132,350, US$1,461,400, 3mil in Swiss Francs, €12,164,150, ¥363,000,000, £50,250, NZ$44,600, 34,750,000 Emirati Dirham and A$352,850.
The application was made under Section 41(1) of the MACC Act 2009 after it was satisfied that the money kept by Mohammad Anuar belonged to Ismail Sabri and was linked to an offence under Section 36(2) of the same Act.
The MACC also applied for other court orders deemed suitable by the court.
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