Shafee's trial postponed to make way for Najib's ongoing trials

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NSTnation: Prominent lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s trial on his money-laundering and tax evasion charges has been postponed again.

The charges are in connection to a RM9.5 million payment he purportedly received from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Shafee is the lead counsel for both of Najib’s trials. He was represented today by counsel Sarah Abeshegum. Shafee is facing two counts of money-laundering relating to a RM9.5 million payment he received from Najib and two counts under the Income Tax Act 1967 for making false declarations to the Inland Revenue Board by not including the amount in his tax filing for the years 2013 and 2014.

He faces a maximum fine of RM5 million and imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both, if convicted under Section 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

 

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Whatever.

Malaysia’s sad system of justice. The endless syatem of postponements enough to induce the innocent to plead guilty. “Justice delayed is justice denied”, remember that?

With backdoor pm now, these and all other high profile cases may come to an end. Loses the rakyat. Why? We our children and their children will be the victims to pay for BN/dumo's leaders corporation

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