A witness yesterday told the Sessions Court in KL that the former Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Ku Chin Wah failed to declare his assets in detail, as required by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

MACC deputy public prosecutor Mohd Asnawi Abu Hanipah, 43, said Ku had returned an affidavit to MACC, dated Jan 8 2014, however the terms of the notice, namely the source of acquisition of all his assets was not stated.

According to Mohd Asnawi, Ku who earned RM12,107.81 a month had declared that he owned five vehicles of various makes, seven real estate properties, three businesses including savings and investments.

The second witness said he had sent a notice to Ku, 58, that was signed and stamped by him, for the investigating officer to conduct investigations under the charge of Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act (AMLATFA) 2001.

He said, the investigation focussed more on the recipient (Ku), specifically the notice for the accused to submit an affidavit for MACC to investigate and identify the recipient by declaring all assets including its sources.

"The recipient needs to identify assets that are acquired including those that have been disposed off, and the affidavit needs to be returned within 30 days starting from the date when the notice was given to the recipient," he said on the first day of the hearing for Ku's case, for failing to declare all his acquisitions in his affidavit.

During the examination in chief by deputy public prosecutor Budiman Lutfi Mohamed, on whether Mohd Asnawi could still verify the notice sent to Ku, the witness said the verification is proven by the acknowledgement that Ku had signed and received the notice.

Ku, who is currently with the Bukit Aman CID secretariat division, failed to comply with the prosecutor's term of notice under Section 49(1) (AMLATFA) dated Dec 23 2013 of which the accused failed to declare the source of his assets in his affidavit dated January 8 2014.

He allegedly committed the offence at the MACC headquarters, Block D6, Federal Administration Centre, Putrajaya, between Dec 23 2013 and Jan 21 2014.

He was charged under Section 49(3) of the same Act which carries a maximum fine of RM1 million and a year's jail or both if found guilty.

Ku is represented by his counsel, Geethan Ram Vincent. The hearing before judge Sohaini Alias will continue today.

- Bernama