July trial for Hafarizam’s money laundering case 11 Feb 2021 / 12:01 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sessions Court has set July 1 and 2 to hear the case of Umno legal adviser Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun who is facing three counts of money laundering, involving RM15 million, which he allegedly received from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
His lawyer, Datuk Hasnal Rezua Merican said the dates were fixed by judge Suzana Hussin when the case came up for mention yesterday.
The court also set March10 for mention, he said when contacted by Bernama today.
On the first count, Mohd Hafarizam was charged with receiving RM7.5 million which was proceeds from unlawful activities through an AmIslamic Bank Berhad cheque dated April 16, 2014 belonging to Najib, which was deposited into the account of his legal firm, Messrs.Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak.
The Sessions Court has fixed 10 days starting from July 1 for the RM15 million money-laundering trial involving Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun, a former lawyer of Datuk Seri Najib Razak, in relation to 1Malaysia Development Bhd funds.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): Umno legal adviser Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun, who is on trial for three charges of money laundering for allegedly receiving RM15 million in illicit funds from former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak in 2014 and 2015, had a change of the Sessions Court judge hearing the case.
Initially, the trial was fixed before Sessions Court Judge Azman Ahmad but following his transfer, the case will now be heard before Judge Ahmad Kamar Jamaludin.
Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Ishak Mohd Yusoff informed Judge Ahmad Kamar that the prosecution could not provide the witness statement to the defence as they had trouble interviewing witnesses as a result of restrictions in travelling due to the conditional movement control order (CMCO).