Malaysian politicians in court since 2018: Where are they now?

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — After the unexpected change in government following the 14th general election, a slew senior politicians and their family members were prosecuted on charges ranging from corruption to money laundering and abuse.

Her trial formally started on February 5, 2020 at the High Court. On February 18, 2021, the High Court ordered her to enter her defence on all three charges. The corruption charges alleged that Musa in his capacity as Sabah chief minister and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sabah Foundation had received US$50.1 million from eight logging concessionaires as an inducement to approve logging concessions for 16 companies.

He was also charged with another seven counts of obtaining gratification in various currencies from the same company for himself in connection with his official work. However, the High Court granted him a discharge not amounting to an acquittal in his corruption trial over a RM1 million bribe, following an appeal for the order by prosecutors on December 7, 2020.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court, August 24, 2021. — Picture by Shafwan ZaidonAhmad, who is also Umno secretary-general, was charged with one count of money laundering by failing to declare to the Inland Revenue Board RM2 million he received from Najib, at the Sessions Court on January 21, 2020.

He then appealed to the Court of Appeal to have the charges struck out, but only succeeded in striking out four of the money laundering charges on September 5, 2022. The IPIC and money laundering trials have yet to start while the main 1MDB and audit tampering trials are currently before the High Court.Rosmah is facing 12 money laundering charges for allegedly depositing RM7,097,750 said to be derived from unlawful activities and five counts of failure to declare her income to the IRB.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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