SHAFEE PAYS REMAINING RM500,000 BAIL
Son arrives at court around noon to settle amount
PROMINENT lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah paid the remaining bail of RM500,000 set for his moneylaundering charges yesterday.
Shafee’s son, Muhammad Farhan, and several individuals, believed to be Shafee’s bailors, arrived at the court complex here at 11.50am.
Farhan was seen carrying a black bag as he proceeded to the Sessions Court counter on the ground floor of the building.
Shafee, however, was not seen. Farhan left the building at 1.30pm.
Shafee, 66, was charged with allegedly making false declarations to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) when he did not include the RM9.5 million he received in his tax filing.
Shafee was alleged to have committed the offence by omitting the income he received on Sept 13, 2013, totalling RM4.3 million, and on Feb 17, 2014, totalling RM5.2 million.
He was accused of committing the offences at the IRB office in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim here on March 3, 2015 and June 29, 2015.
Shafee is also alleged to have been involved in money-laundering activity by receiving proceeds from unlawful activities via two cheques from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, totalling RM4.3 million and RM5.2 million on Sept 13, 2013 and Feb 17, 2014, respectively.
The offences were allegedly committed at CIMB Bank Bhd in Taman Tunku, Bukit Tunku, here.
Judge Azura Alwi set bail at RM1 million with two sureties, with RM500,000 to be paid on the day he was charged, and the remaining RM500,000 to be paid yesterday.
Shafee reportedly received RM9.5 million from Najib, which he said was payment for his legal services for Umno and Barisan Nasional component parties.
An affidavit by Siti Rahayu Mohd Mumazaini from the Attorney-General’s Chambers alleged that two cheques were issued by Najib — one on Sept 11, 2013 for RM4.3 million and another on Feb 14, 2014 for RM5.2 million.
Siti Rahayu said the information was obtained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission following a probe on Shafee under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.