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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court was informed today that no third party had come forward to claim the property seized from Najib Razak, other individuals and companies after May 9, 2018.
Deputy Prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin told reporters this after the case was mentioned today.
“As of 11 am, no interested party had appeared in court to claim their claims on the seized items,” he said.
Faten said that a federal bulletin was issued on October 26 inviting interested third parties to participate in their claims.
He added that High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan will listen to the prosecution’s request to confiscate the seized items on March 26, 2021.
“The court ordered us to submit our submissions by January 15, 2021 and gave the defendants until February 8 to provide us with an answer,” Faten said.
The government seeks to confiscate hundreds of items seized from the former prime minister, 15 individuals and businesses in 2018.
The seized items include luxury handbags, cash in different currencies, watches, shoes, and 27 vehicles.
Among those named in the forfeiture request are his wife Rosmah Mansor, son Riza Aziz, Najib’s children (Nor Ashman and Nooryana Najwa), former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng, and the mother of fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, Goh Gaik Ewe.
The seized items also included a sum of 18 million ringgit in various bank accounts and a bungalow belonging to Low’s family in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.
