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New Straits Times
21-05-2025
- New Straits Times
Judge allows new evidence in Adam Asmuni's bid to reclaim luxury items
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Bersatu Youth chief Adam Asmuni has been granted permission to introduce fresh evidence in his appeal against the forfeiture of a luxury vehicle and several high-value items seized during a drug raid. High Court Judge K. Muniandy granted the application after hearing submissions from Adam's counsel, Amirrul Jamaluddin, and deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Shahrizat Amadan today. The new evidence comes in the form of bank account statements belonging to Adam's company Percetakan Alfa Gemilang between 2014 and 2019. Amirrul submitted that the financial records were vital to support his client's appeal against the Sessions Court's forfeiture order, issued on March 14 last year under Section 32(2) of the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988. "The bank statements are relevant as they demonstrate my client's legitimate source of income derived from business operations under Percetakan Alfa Gemilang. "The company secured multi-million ringgit government tenders, and the assets in question were acquired lawfully," he said. He added that the documents could not be obtained during the original forfeiture proceedings, which justified their admission at this appeal stage. However, Shahrizat objected to the application, arguing that the documents ought to have been produced during the initial trial at the lower court two years ago. Justice Muniandy fixed June 30 for the hearing of the substantive appeal. On March 14, 2023, Sessions Court Judge Nor Hasniah Ab Razak rejected the bid by Adam and his wife, Lyiana Roslee, to recover two luxury cars, several other vehicles, a motorcycle, cash, luxury watches, designer handbags, laptops, jewellery, and multiple Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB) accounts. In January this year, Adam was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane by the Shah Alam High Court after pleading guilty to an alternative charge of possessing cannabis. He is currently serving his sentence at Kajang Prison. Lyiana was discharged and acquitted after the prosecution withdrew the charge against her.
Free Malaysia Today
21-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Ex-Bersatu member, wife in bid to recover seized luxury vehicles, items
Adam Asmuni and Lyiana Roslee are appealing for the return of cash, cars, motorcycles, luxury watches, handbags, laptops, bracelets, necklaces, as well as Amanah Saham Bhd accounts. KUALA LUMPUR : The High Court here has fixed June 30 to hear an appeal by a former Bersatu Youth member and his wife seeking to recover luxury vehicles and items seized from them during a 2021 drug raid. Adam Asmuni and Lyiana Roslee are appealing for the return of cash, cars, motorcycles, luxury watches, handbags, laptops, bracelets, necklaces, as well as Amanah Saham Bhd (ASB) accounts. Justice K Muniandy earlier allowed Adam's application to adduce fresh evidence to be introduced at the hearing in the form of bank account transactions involving the couple's printing company, Percetakan Alfa Gemilang Sdn Bhd, between 2014 and 2019. Lawyer Amirrul Jamaluddin, appearing for Adam, told the court that he could file additional written submissions to address the bank account transactions before the hearing date. Deputy public prosecutor Shahrizzat Amadan appeared for the prosecution. The couple was arrested by police on Jan 20, 2021. During a raid of the couple's bungalow in Ampang, police also found cannabis plants and bottles containing cannabis liquid. The couple was subsequently charged in the Ampang magistrates' court on three counts of trafficking and the illegal cultivation of cannabis plants. Police later filed an application in the sessions court here under Section 32(2) of the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988, seeking to forfeit the items seized from them. Both Adam and Lyiana filed third party claims to regain possession of their items but their applications were dismissed in 2023. The sessions court only allowed them to recover RM3,250 in seized cash and ordered that RM28,513.97 out of RM81,468,51 in two ASB accounts be returned to Lyiana. The balance of RM52,954.54 and all other items seized were forfeited to the government. The court said the couple failed to adduce evidence that the BMW X5 and BMW 328i cars seized had been paid for by Percetakan Alfa Gemilang. It added that there was no evidence to show the company had made monthly payments to service loans for the purchase of the cars. The court also found that no witnesses had testified to Lyiana's purchase of the luxury watches from their respective retailers, nor did family members attest to having given gifts in the form of jewellery to Lyiana and her daughter. The court also said that a chartered accountant should have been called to testify whether Percetakan Alfa Gemilang ever paid income due to the couple into their ASB accounts. Adam sentenced to seven years' jail, lawyer says After the proceeding, Amirrul told reporters that Adam had pleaded guilty at the Shah Alam High Court earlier this year to reduced charges under Section 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 for the possession of cannabis. He said the court sentenced Adam to seven years in prison, computed from his date of arrest in 2021, and seven strokes of the rotan. Lyiana had her charges dropped after Adam pleaded guilty.
