MACC to seek forfeiture of over RM169mil from Ismail Sabri
Sessions Court Judge Suzana Husin set the date during case management on Tuesday.
Lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, representing Ismail Sabri, told the court that the respondent needed more time to reply to the application.
The court instructed the respondent to file an affidavit by 13 August and the prosecution to file an affidavit-in-reply by 3 September.
Deputy Public Prosecutors Ifa Sirrhu Samsudin and Alis Izzati Azurin Rusdi appeared for the prosecution.
On 7 July, the MACC, represented by the deputy public prosecutor as the applicant, filed the application naming Ismail Sabri's former political secretary Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus and the former Prime Minister himself as the first and second respondents.
In the application, the Commission seeks a court order to forfeit cash seized from the first respondent for the Malaysian government.
This includes RM14,772,150 in Malaysian currency; SGD6,132,350 in Singapore Dollars, USD1,461,400 in US Dollars, CHF3mil in Swiss Francs, EUR12,164,150 in Euros, JPY363,000,000 in Japanese Yen, GBP50,250 in British Pound, NZD44,600 in New Zealand Dollars, AED34,750,000 in Emirati Dirham, and AUD352,850 in Australian Dollars.
The application was made under Section 41(1) of the MACC Act 2009 after it was determined that the money kept by Mohammad Anuar belonged to Ismail Sabri and was linked to an offence under Section 36(2) of the same Act.
The MACC also applied for any other court orders deemed suitable by the court.
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