A LAW firm has lost its bid to review the decision of an earlier Federal Court panel that lawyers cannot claim legal fees owed to it from monies seized under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 .
He said the court agreed with deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar that a paragraph in the majority judgment by the previous Federal Court panel was merely observation and did not form the basis of the judgment. In urging the court to set aside the majority judgment and for an order for the appeal to be reheard, the firm’s lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik said paragraph 28 in the majority judgment was speculation by the judges and was unjust as they suggested the law firm had engaged in unethical conduct when producing bills for legal services to its client.
Mohd Dusuki, representing the Attorney General’s Chambers, said the paragraph in the majority judgment was merely a remark made by the judges regarding their worries if the claim was allowed. The 2016 investigation revealed that Amar possessed computer software that enabled access to the Malaysian Immigration System without needing a password or fingerprint. Amar had then provided the software to a syndicate, which used it to unlawfully approve permits for foreign workers for a fee of RM1,000 for every approval.
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