CORONAVIRUS | The hearing of the government’s request for a stay of the Kuala Lumpur's High Court’s ruling in dismissing its application to forfeit a sum of RM1.15 million that was seized from Kedah Umno liaison committee (Kedah Umno) and Habib Jewels Sdn Bhd, has been rescheduled due to the closure of the court following the movement control order (MCO).

The monies had earlier been frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for allegedly linked to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund scandal.

Based on information posted on the judiciary's website, the government’s application was supposed to be heard today before High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali (photo).

When contacted, High Court deputy registrar Mahyudin Mohmad Som confirmed that the hearing has been postponed due to the MCO and the court had fixed April 21 for case management to fix a new hearing date.

The government had on Dec 16 last year, filed an appeal against the High Court ruling.

Kedah Umno and Habib Jewels claimed that the monies, amounting RM1.05 million and RM100,000, respectively, were received from former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Last Dec 13, Mohd Nazlan dismissed the application by the government to forfeit the money that was seized from Kedah Umno and Habib Jewels because the prosecution had failed to prove its civil forfeiture case against the two entities. - Bernama

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