KUALA LUMPUR – The hearing of a forfeiture suit by the government against family members of former Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and their company, involving nearly RM16 million, has been fixed for January 3 next year.
High court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin set the date during case management today that was attended by deputy public prosecutor Dona Liyanna Sabariah Azmi and lawyer S.K. Shaarvin Raaj, representing Azeez’s family.
In the forfeiture suit filed in September 2019, the government is applying to forfeit almost RM16 million from accounts belonging to Azeez’s wife Datin Seri Khadijah Mohd Noor and their four children, as well as a shoplot in Bandar Sunway owned by their firm.
Based on the cause list on the e-filing website, the government initiated the suit to forfeit the money from the TH personal accounts of Khadijah and her four children, namely Mohamed Khairul Anwar, Mohamed Khairul Azman, Khaleeda Azwav and Khaleeda Azeera, and the account of their company Azeera Management Consultants (M) Sdn Bhd.
On December 18 last year, the court dismissed the family’s application to stay the forfeiture proceedings pending the disposal of Azeez’s ongoing corruption case at the sessions court.
The Baling MP faces three counts of accepting bribes amounting to RM5.2 million in connection with road projects in Perak and Kedah, and 10 counts of money laundering involving RM13.9 million that he allegedly received from Menuju Asas Sdn Bhd.
The trial proceedings have been postponed pending his appeal at the Court of Appeal to have the case struck out. – Bernama, October 8, 2021
