00:00The prosecution on Wednesday filed an ex-parte application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court
00:07seeking to restrain Topwan Naima Abdul Khalid, the widow of the late Tundaim Zainuddin, or
00:13her associates from dealing with offshore assets amounting to US$157.5 million, approximately
00:21667 million ringgit, and 85 million British pounds located in Jersey, a British Crown
00:27dependency.
00:29Public Prosecutor Mazaya Mohaideh filed the application before High Court Judge Muhammad
00:35Jamil Hussain under Section 53 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds
00:41of Unlawful Activity Act, 2001.
00:45The application was based on investigations under Section 113 of the Income Tax Act and
00:52Section 4, subsection 1 of the Act.
00:55The prosecutor alleged that the assets were acquired by Naima or individuals linked to
01:00her in Malaysia and were not declared to the Inland Revenue Board.
01:05This was the third application by the prosecution, following earlier efforts involving assets located
01:11in the United Kingdom and Singapore.
01:14Meanwhile, Naima's counsel Syed Afiq Syed Al-Bakri applied to intervene in the proceedings and requested
01:21that the cause papers be served on her.
01:24The court then allowed the lawyer's application to file an intervener application and fixed August
01:3022nd to hear the intervener application.
01:37Now, there was no independence.
01:39According to
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