Court of Appeal says it is bound by last year’s majority Federal Court ruling.
The Court of Appeal upholds a lower court ruling allowing the government to forfeit the entire sum of RM19.8mil in the bank accounts of a law firm’s clients.
A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail and joined by Justices Azman Abdullah and Azmi Ariffin, said the court was bound by a Federal Court majority ruling delivered last year.Hadhariah said although Section 61 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 provision had been referred to in the Federal Court ruling, the provision was not specifically canvassed in the apex court.
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