KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed March 4 to decide whether former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin's application to challenge the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) probe into his financial dealings should be allowed.
Judge Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh made the decision after hearing lengthy submissions from both parties this morning.
Former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, who appeared for Daim, questioned the MACC's decision to investigate his client for an alleged offence committed more than two decades ago.
However, the prosecution argued that MACC's freezing order against Daim's assets was not amendable to judicial review.
The former politician was not present during the proceedings today.
The applicants claimed that the anti-graft body has no reasonable cause to investigate them under the MACC Act or the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001.
The applicants are seeking a certiorari order against the MACC to quash all investigations instituted against Daim and his family members and all notices issued by the commission.
On Dec 23 last year, the MACC confirmed it is investigating Daim over allegations of corruption and money-laundering.
The confirmation came about after the commission on Dec 18 seized the 58-storey Iham Tower, a commercial property in the Kuala Lumpur city centre reportedly owned Daim's family.