Prosecution seeks freeze on offshore assets linked to Na’imah


KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution has filed an ex-parte application in the High Court here seeking to restrain Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, the widow of the late Tun Daim Zainuddin, or her associates, from dealing with offshore assets amounting to US$157.5mil (approximately RM667mil) and £85mil located in Jersey, a British Crown dependency.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Maziah Mohaide filed the application yesterday before High Court Judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin under Section 53 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terro­rism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activity Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA 2001).

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