Shafee’s trial postponed as LHDN man falls ill

Trial to resume: Muhammad Shafee arriving at the Kuala Lumpur court complex.

KUALA LUMPUR: The trial of Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah over alleged money laundering and making false statements to the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) has been postponed to today as the seventh prosecution witness was unwell.

Deputy public prosecutor Afzainizam Abdul Aziz told High Court judge Datuk Muhammad Jamil Hussin that LHDN tax officer Syed Nasrul Fahmi Syed Mohamad informed him about his health condition at 8am yesterday.