KUALA LUMPUR: The prosecution in the criminal breach of trust (CBT) case of former Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (MEIO) chief Datuk Hasanah Abdul Hamid has submitted 46 documents to the defence.
Deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Iskandar Ahmad said this today during the mention of the case at the Sessions Court before Judge Rozina Ayob.
Iskandar said among the documents submitted were witness statements, list of items seized, and Hasanah’s appointment as the director.
However, he said the prosecution has yet several documents that need to be submitted such as documents from Immigration Department and Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC)’s forensic department to the defence.
Counsel Datuk Shaharudin Ali and Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz who represented Hasanah confirmed this.
The court then fixed Jan 3 for mention and document submission under Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Earlier, Shaharudin told the court that his client’s bank account was frozen by the anti-graft body.
“The freezing of the bank account has hindered our client to pay his legal fees,” he said.
The court then ordered the prosecution to refer this matter to the MACC to give their feedback to the defence.
Shaharudin also told the court that the defence would apply for the case to be transferred to the High Court.
“However, I would like this case to be heard before a judge who is not involved in handling the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) case,” he said.
On Oct 25, 61-year-old Hasanah claimed trial to CBT of public funds amounting to RM50.4 million.
According to the charge sheet, Hasanah, as a public servant, as the director-general of the Research Division of the Prime Minister’s Department, committed CBT by misappropriating US$12.1 million (RM50.4 million) of funds belonging to the government.
(The Research Division of the PM’s Department is the official name of MEIO.)
She was alleged to have committed the offence between April 30 and May 9 at her office in the Prime Minister’s Department Complex in Putrajaya.
She was charged under Section 409 of the Penal Code which carries a sentence of up to 20 years’ imprisonment, whipping and fine upon conviction.