KUALA LUMPUR – The high court here has set the trial date for the case of former Felda chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad, who is charged with failing to declare RM1 million which he received from Datuk Seri Najib Razak to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) to begin in April next year.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Afif Ali said the court has set the trial to run for 11 days from April 6 to 8, 11 to 14, and 18 to 21, and another six days from May 17 to 19 and 23 to 15.
“The case will be tried before judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh. The court has also set August 11 for the next case management,” he told reporters via WhatsApp after the virtual case management before senior assistant registrar Nur Azizah Jaafar today.
The proceeding was also attended by deputy public prosecutors Natrah Fareha Rahmat and Rasyidah Murni Azmi, as well as Shahrir’s lawyer Syahrul Syazwan Salehin.
Shahrir, 71, was charged with money laundering by not stating his real income in the Income Tax Return Form for Assessment Year 2013, which is a violation of Section 113(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act 1967, for RM1 million believed to be from unlawful activities, which he received from Najib through an AmIslamic Bank Bhd cheque dated November 27, 2013.
The cheque was deposited into Shahrir’s Public Islamic Bank account on November 28, 2013.
He was charged with committing the offence at IRB, Duta branch, Government Office Complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, here, on April 25, 2014.
The charge, framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, provides a maximum fine of RM5 million, imprisonment up to five years, or both, if found guilty. – Bernama, July 2, 2021
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