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[UPDATED] MACC seeks to forfeit more than RM169 million linked to Ismail Sabri
The MACC, in its notice of application, named Ismail Sabri's former political secretary Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus as the first respondent.
Ismail Sabri was named as the second respondent.
The application was made under Section 41(1) of the MACC Act after the commission was satisfied that the funds were owned by Ismail Sabri but kept by Anuar.
The funds, the commission said, was linked to an offence under Section 36(2) of the act.
The funds MACC is seeking to forfeit, earlier seized from Anuar, are RM14,772,150; S$6,132,350; US$1,461,400; three million in Swiss Francs; €12,164,150; ¥363 million; £50,250; NZ$44,600; 34.75 million dirhams; and, A$352,850.
The MACC is also asking for the declaration of other orders deemed fit by the court.
On July 3, MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki had said the assets, which have already been seized, would be forfeited to the government if the court rules in its favour.
Azam had said if Ismail Sabri, the Bera member of parliament, chooses to contest the forfeiture, the case would proceed to trial.
On June 25, it was reported that the MACC was planning to forfeit RM177 million in cash and assets linked to a probe into alleged corruption and money laundering involving Ismail Sabri.
In March, the MACC seized about RM170 million in cash, held in various foreign currencies, along with 16kg of gold bullion worth around RM7 million, following investigations into alleged corruption and money laundering linked to Ismail Sabri.
MACC confirmed that the operation involved raids at multiple locations, including residences and three other premises believed to be used as 'safehouses' following the arrest of four senior officers who served under Ismail during his tenure as the ninth prime minister.
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