Wife of former Finance Minister Toh Puan Na'imah Abdul Khalid is seen leaving the courtroom following her case here at Kuala Lumpur Court Complex. — Picture by Sayuti ZainudinKUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The prosecution in the High Court today, emphasised that there is no guarantee that Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, the wife of former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, would not abscond if her international passport is permanently returned to her.
Therefore, we need the passport, and the surrender of the passport is not unjustly harsh,” he submitted at the hearing of Na’imah’s application to review the Sessions Court order to impound her passport after she was charged with failing to declare her assets to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission .Meanwhile, Na’imah’s lawyer, M. Puravalen, contended that the Sessions Court judge had erred in procedure and law in her decision to impound the applicant’s passport.
“The offence charged under Section 36 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009 against the applicant is a non-bailable offense, and bail is not an absolute right for someone accused of this offense.”