1MDB forfeiture applications against Umno, Hasan gets court date

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today set Aug 29 for case management of the government’s forfeiture applications against former Kuala Pilah MP Hasan Malek and three entities to recover monies linked to 1MDB.

The three entities are Umno, Wanita MCA and Sabah Umno.

Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan fixed the date after deputy public prosecutor MACC Mahadi Abdul Jumaat informed the court that the affected respondents had filed their affidavits-in-reply on July 26.

“The prosecution had received the affidavits-in-reply from the respondents," he said when the matter came up for mention today.

Lawyers Nurfazreen Hazrina Rahim, Low Hai Liang and Harcharanjit Singh, representing Umno, Wanita MCA and Sabah Umno respectively, confirmed the matter.

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The amount of money sought by the government for the forfeiture includes RM212,965,413.61 from Umno, RM300,000 from Wanita MCA, RM1,254,112.24 from Sabah Umno and RM100,000 from Hasan.

Mahadi also told the court that lawyer Muhammad Amin Othman, representing Hasan, would file a second representation on the prosecution's forfeiture application after his first representation was dismissed last July 26. 

Amin confirmed the matter.

Met by reporters after the court proceedings, Mahadi said Aug 29 was also fixed for a decision on Hasan’s representation.

Recently, MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya told a press conference that forfeiture applications were filed against 41 respondents to recover about RM270 million linked to 1MDB that were allegedly disbursed through the bank account of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.

- Bernama