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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): pontian deputy Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (Photo) failed for the third time in his attempt to have the court drop the charges against him for failing to declare the RM2mil received from Datuk Seri Najib Razak to the Internal Revenue Board (LHDN) and for giving false statements to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission ( MACC).
This followed a decision by the Attorney General’s Office (AGC) rejecting the third claim made by Ahmad in relation to the two charges against him.
Deputy Prosecutor Siti Noor Hafizan Zakaria briefed the court on the AGC’s decision during the handling of the case before Session Court Judge Ahmad Kamar Jamaludin.
“The prosecution had submitted a representation for the third time and it was reported to the Attorney General (Tan Sri Idrus Harun) and it was rejected on October 5,” he said.
During the process, the Prosecutor’s Office also requested that a new date be set for the trial since the Deputy Prosecutor and the investigator of the case are in quarantine due to having close contact with Covi-19 patients.
Then Kamar set July 5-8; 12-15 and 26-29 next year to hear the case.
On the money laundering charge, it is alleged that 54-year-old Ahmad violated Section 113 (1) (a) of the 1967 Income Tax Act by failing to indicate his actual income in the RM2mil he received from Najib on the Income Tax Return Form by Assessment Year 2013.
The crime was allegedly committed at the LHDN office, Duta branch, government office complex, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, on April 30, 2014.
The charge, framed in Section 4 (1) (a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Financing Against Terrorism and Proceeds of Illicit Activities Act of 2001, establishes a maximum fine of RM5 thousand, or imprisonment of up to five years , or both, if convicted.
The other was for giving false statements to the MACC when he was questioned by the MACC investigating officer, Senior Senior Assistant Mohd Zairi Zainal, on the matter in the press conference room, Parliament building, here Jalan Parlimen, between 2:45 p.m. 3:30 p.m. on July 4, 2019.
The charge, framed in Section 32 (8) c) of the Law against money laundering, financing against terrorism and the proceeds of illicit activities of 2001, establishes a maximum fine of RM3 thousand, or imprisonment of up to five years, or both, if convicted.- Bernama
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