Feb 18 decision on whether Rosmah will enter defence in graft trial
If convicted, she faces a maximum jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of five times the amount received.
If convicted, she faces a maximum jail term of up to 20 years and a fine of five times the amount received.
Describing the amount as "gargantuan", the discovery follows the investigations conducted by the police's Commercial Crime Unit, that found the three tranches of payment made to the former premier's AmBank account whose last three digits are 9694.
Shahrir's counsel Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin said they are withdrawing the recusal application due to this transfer order, and asked for a case management date to be fixed for his client's application to transfer the case from the Sessions Court to the High Court.
Tan, who turns 43 in six days' time, has a last registered address at Taman Pusat Kepong and allegedly owed the government RM2.706 million in 2010, RM22.090 million (2011), RM35.479 million (2012) and RM1.538 million (2013) through notices issued on Sept 30, 2020.
She further argued that the PKR party constitution itself gives freedom to its members to resign without imposing any penalty.
Sources familiar with the matter confirmed that no settlement has been reached yet, and also the new case management date.
Parties were directed to file the amended appeal record by Feb 8, and they are required to file written submissions by March 1 and the reply to each other submission by March 19.
Khairuddin filed the originating summons against Muhyiddin on Jan 18, questioning the latter’s legitimacy in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to declare a state of emergency in the country.
The pilot project will begin from Feb 2 until Feb 5 for cases registered with Shah Alam Magistrate's Court 3.
In September 2020, Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir had dismissed Anwar's and the Pardons Board's bid to strike out Mohd Khairul Azam's suit and ruled the lawyer had locus standi (legal standing) to file the challenge.