High Court to deliver ruling next February on Daim family bid to lift account freeze

The High Court in Malaysia has set February 22, 2027, as the date for delivering its decision on a judicial review application filed by the family of the late Tun Daim Zainuddin. The family is seeking to lift the freeze on their bank accounts imposed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Lawyer Abraham Au, representing Daim's family, argued that the authorities issued a second notice in 2024 under a different law, bypassing mandatory statutory timelines and extending the freezing period to 30 months.

The MACC, along with five other respondents, maintained that the concurrent investigations were not abrupt and that sworn affidavits showed the sequence in which the investigations were carried out. Of the 73 bank accounts involved, 54 have been released, while 19 remain frozen pending forfeiture proceedings. The High Court previously allowed the application for judicial review on November 5, 2025, with the family and 18 other companies seeking an order to set aside the MACC's action in seizing and freezing their bank accounts.