KUALA LUMPUR: The criminal breach of trust (CBT) trial involving FashionValet Sdn Bhd founders Datin Vivy Yusof and her husband, Datuk Fadzarudin Shah Anuar, has been postponed to July.
Sessions Court Judge Rosli Ahmad pushed back the hearing on Monday (April 13) after the couple’s counsel, Shaarvin Raaj, applied to vacate the original dates to prepare defence statements.
The trial was originally scheduled to begin today and run through June. The court has now fixed new hearing dates starting July 20 and 24, with further dates scheduled through to January next year.
Shaarvin informed the court that case documents must be submitted to auditors, a process expected to take six weeks before the defence can finalise its statement for the prosecution.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Noorsyazwani Mohamad Sobry did not object to the postponement.
The court also allowed the couple’s application for the temporary release of their passports to perform the Haj pilgrimage. The documents must be returned to the court by June 18.
On Dec 5, 2024, Vivy, 38, and Fadzarudin, 37, pleaded not guilty to CBT charges involving RM8mil in funds from Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Permodalan Nasional Berhad.
As directors of FashionValet, they are accused of authorising an RM8mil payment from the company’s bank account to 30 Maple Sdn Bhd without board approval on Aug 21, 2018.
The charge under Section 409 of the Penal Code provides for a maximum jail term of 20 years, whipping and a fine upon conviction.
The couple also claimed trial to an alternative charge under Section 403 of the Penal Code for dishonest misappropriation of property. - Bernama
