KUALA LUMPUR – A bank has become a third party to claim a shoplot belonging to Azeera Management Consultants (M) Sdn Bhd in relation to the government’s suit to forfeit the Bandar Sunway property.
Putrajaya is applying to forfeit almost RM16 million from accounts belonging to the wife of former Lembaga Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and their four children, and a shoplot owned by the company.
Deputy public prosecutor Nik Haslinie Hashim informed the judge that the third party, namely Maybank Islamic Bhd, represented by lawyer Poh Choo Hoe, appeared in court today.
“I request that the court records that there is a claimant (Maybank Islamic) in this application. The claimant today claimed a property, which is the sixth item on the government’s gazetted list,” she said before high court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin.
Jamil set June 29 to hear the government’s application to forfeit the money and shoplot.
“The parties need to file an affidavit if necessary, and include written submissions a week before the date of the hearing.”
The proceedings to gazette the third-party notice were also attended by lawyer Datin Marina Mohamed for the respondents, namely Azeez’s wife Khadijah Mohd Noor, their four children Mohamed Khairul Anwar, Mohamed Khairul Azman, Khaleeda Azwa and Khaleeda Azeera, and Azeera Management Consultants.
The forfeiture suit was filed by the government against Azeez’s family in September 2019. – Bernama, March 26, 2021
