KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed Feb 26 to hear leave application filed by former deputy finance minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan and two others over the forfeiture suits filed against them by the Malaysia Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) to recover money belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
The two others who applied separately through Messr Shahrul Hamidi & Haziq between November and December last year are former Felda chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Samad and Umno supreme council member Datuk Mohd Sumaili Reduan.
High Court judge Datuk Nordin Hassan fixed the date in his chambers during case management today.
MACC is seeking to recover the 1MDB funds from the trio that they allegedly received from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
On June 21, the MACC filed civil forfeiture applications against 41 people and entities, including Umno, to recover RM270 million allegedly taken from 1MDB.
MACC chief commissioner Latheefa Koya said the funds were allegedly transferred from Najib’s personal Ambank account.
She said the commission had moved to file for civil forfeitures because there were provisions under the Anti-Money Laundering Act to recover the money without prosecuting.
Latheefa also said that some RM919 million from the 1MDB scandal had been recovered so far, including from Hollywood film production company Red Granite, Park Lane Hotel in New York and several others through the United States Department of Justice.