Shafee’s case management set for Dec 5
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court yesterday set Dec 5 for case management involving prominent lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, who is facing two charges of money laundering and two counts of making incorrect filings under the Income Tax Act 1967.
Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah fixed the date after the prosecution, conducted by former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, informed the court that some documents had yet to be served on the defence.
Harvinderjit Singh, who was representing Shafee, did not object to the new date.
On Oct 3, the court allowed Shafee’s application to transfer the case from the Sessions Court to the High Court.
On Sept 13, Shafee claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to two counts of receiving proceeds from illegal activities, each amounting to RM4.3 million and RM5.2 million via two cheques from Am-Islamic Bank Bhd belonging to Datuk Seri Najib Razak, which were credited into two CIMB Bank Bhd accounts belonging to the accused.
He was accused of committing both offences at the CIMB Bank in J2 & K1, Taman Tunku, Bukit Tunku near here on Sept 13, 2013, and Feb 17, 2014.
Both charges were filed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, which provides for a maximum fine of RM5 million and imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both upon conviction.
Shafee was also charged with being involved in the transaction of proceeds from illegal activities, namely making an incorrect tax return breaching Paragraph 113(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act 1967 for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2013, and Dec 31, 2014.
He is accused of leaving out income relating to the two aforementioned cheques.