KL High Court sets Feb 28 to hear MACC's application to forfeit RM700,000 in Pekan Umno's account

Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali fixed the date following an application by deputy public prosecutor Abdul Rashid Sulaiman after no third party appeared in the court today to stake claim on the money, despite the MACC having gazetted the notice for the forfeiture, dated Oct 31, 2019.Lawyer Amalin Mohd Zahid represented Pekan Umno.

The forfeiture application was made under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. In June this year, MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya announced that the Commission had filed forfeiture suits against 41 organisations and individuals, seeking to recoup RM270mil allegedly siphoned from 1MDB funds.

Latheefa said the move was carried out in accordance with the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, where the MACC believed that the monies were transferred to the 41 respondents from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's bank account. – Bernama

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