KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has set Oct 1 to hear an application by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to forfeit more than RM169mil in cash belonging to former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Sessions judge Suzana Husin set the date during case management on Tuesday (July 22).
Lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, representing Ismail Sabri, told the court that the respondent needed more time to reply to the application.
The court instructed the respondent to file an affidavit by Aug 13 and the prosecution to file an affidavit-in-reply by Sept 3.
Deputy public prosecutors Ifa Sirrhu Samsudin and Alis Izzati Azurin Rusdi appeared for the prosecution.
On July 7, the MACC, represented by the DPP as the applicant, filed the application naming Ismail Sabri's former political secretary Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus and the former prime minister himself as the first and second respondents.
In the application, the Commission is seeking a court order to forfeit cash seized from the first respondent for the government.
This includes RM14,772,150 in Malaysian currency; S$6,132,350, US$1,461,400, 3 million Swiss francs, 12,164,150 Euros, 363,000,000 Japanese yen, GBP50,250, NZ$44,600, 34,750,000 Emirati dirham, and A$352,850.
The application was made under Section 41(1) of the MACC Act 2009 after it was determined that the money kept by Mohammad Anuar belonged to Ismail Sabri and was linked to an offence under Section 36(2) of the same Act.
The MACC also applied for any other court orders deemed suitable by the court.
