Daim pleads not guilty to asset disclosure charge

Former finance minister Daim Zainuddin claimed trial for failing to abide by an MACC’s notice to disclose his assets encompassing 38 firms, 25 pieces of land and property, seven luxury vehicles, and two investment fund accounts.

Daim, who was in a wheelchair, was charged under Section 36(2) of the MACC Act 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court this morning.

The tycoon was alleged...