00:00The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed lawyer Mahajost.
00:05The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed lawyer Mahajost.
00:10Two Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission notices issued to him in connection with his
00:15client, businessman Albert Day.
00:17Justice Alice Luke held that the notices
00:20issued on November 29th and November 30th last year were part of MACC's
00:25investigative process and fell within the scope of its statutory powers.
00:30Mahajost had sought leave to quash the notices issued under Section 2.
00:3530 subsection 1 paragraph A and 30 subsection 1 paragraph B of the MACC.
00:40Act, arguing that they were unlawful and amounted to malfeasance.
00:45The orders directed him to produce information and documents linked to tape.
00:50in connection with an MACC investigation.
00:54His objection
00:55was premised on alleged breaches of Section 46 of the MACC Act and Section 46 of the MACC Act.
01:00Section 46 of the MACC Act, which protects solicitor-client privilege.
01:05Luke, however, found that Section 46 of the MACC Act applied.
01:10is only in limited circumstances, and that Section 46 subsection 2 must be read
01:15together with Section 46 subsection 1, which confines its application to
01:20transactions or dealings relating to property liable to seizure under the Act.
01:25As such, she said, the argument that the issuance of the notices required a prior court
01:30order was misconceived.
01:32No order was made as to costs.
01:35I knew Drew, FMT.
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