Prosecutors will oppose Maju Holdings director Abu Sahid Mohamed’s application to temporarily retrieve his passport for a UK trip, a court heard
KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution will object to an application by Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd director Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed for the temporary release of his passport.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Aznika Mohd Anas informed the Sessions Court that notice of the application was received yesterday.
She said an affidavit in reply would be filed tomorrow, with a request for a hearing date to be set.
Lawyer Datuk Jasbeer Singh, representing Abu Sahid, said the defence would file a reply next Monday.
He also requested that a hearing date be set for December 17 and that his client’s presence be exempted on that day.
Judge Suzana Hussin then set December 17 to hear the application.
Abu Sahid seeks the passport’s release to travel to the United Kingdom to send his daughter to a university in London next month.
He faces five counts of criminal breach of trust involving over RM458.5 million.
The charges, under Section 409 of the Penal Code, allege dishonest misuse of company funds between May 2016 and October 2019.
He also faces 10 counts of transferring proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM116.4 million.
Three further money laundering charges involve disposing of RM22.8 million via cheques between 2016 and 2018.
These offences fall under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. – Bernama
