SHAH ALAM: A former printing company owner was jailed three years and fine a total of RM1.14mil by the Sessions Court here on Monday (Feb 28) after being found guilty on charges of money laundering and concealing RM1,798,732.59 belonging to a woman.
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 11:39 AM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Simon Momoh s wife, Low Kar Hui, shows a picture of her husband on her phone at the Shah Alam High Court April 21, 2021. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 The government will allow a Malaysian’s Nigerian husband, Simon Adavize Momoh, to lawfully remain in Malaysia until the High Court decides on his legal action against the Immigration Department’s order to deport him from the country.
Simon was recently kept apart from his Malaysian wife and their two young Malaysian daughters as he had been detained by Malaysian authorities for 40 days since March 15.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 Nigerian Simon Adavize Momoh is finally able to reunite with his Malaysian wife and their two young children, as he has now been released from detention by the Immigration Department following a court order this afternoon. Simon’s lawyer V. Vemal Arasan said that his.
His lawyer Vemal Arasan said that Momoh was released at 9pm.
“He was extremely happy to be released but was exhausted. He was so excited to see his daughter, ” he told The Star.
The Shah Alam High Court had on Friday found the detention of Momoh to be unconstitutional and ordered him to be released as soon as practical.
Vemal thanked the Attorney General’s Chambers, especially the deputy public prosecutors, who ensured Momoh’s smooth and fast release.
“They made sure that everything was done and he was released on the same day, ” he said.
High Court judge Ab. Karim Ab. Rahman had ruled that the detention was in violation of Article 5(4) of the Federal Constitution, which requires a non-citizen to be presented before a magistrate within 14 days from the date of arrest