Trial dates of Shafee's money laundering case moved to March next year

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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has moved the trial dates for prominent lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's money laundering and tax evasion charges from July this year to March 2020.

Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed March 9 to 13; March 30 to April 2; May 12 to 14; and May 18 to 21 as new trial dates.Lawyer Farhan Read when requesting for the July dates to be vacated gave the reason that Shafee needed to be present at Datuk Seri Najib Razak's SRC International trial, as he was representing the former prime minister.

Shafee, 66, pleaded not guilty on Sept last 13 year to money-laundering charges for allegedly receiving proceeds of unlawful activities via two cheques belonging to Najib worth RM4.3mil - on Sept 13, 2013; and RM5.2mil on Feb 17, 2014.

 

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