Court dismisses DNAA application by Maju Holdings chairman, wife

The sessions court in Kuala Lumpur has dismissed an application by Abu Sahid Mohamed, the executive chairman of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd, and his wife, Noor Azrina Azmi, for a conditional discharge in connection with their trial for charges of criminal breach of trust and money laundering. The charges stem from the Maju Expressway extension construction project.

Defense counsel Jasbeer Singh argued that the prosecution had not provided the necessary key documents to the defense, despite seven case management hearings since the September charges. Jasbeer contended that the court should grant a discharge not amounting to acquittal, but the deputy public prosecutor, Nidzuwan Abd Latip, countered that some documents were still pending and that the prosecution would provide them in time.

The court denied the application and set a date for November 20 to submit the list of witnesses and to set trial dates. Abu Sahid, 75, faces five counts of CBT and 13 charges of money laundering involving RM458 million and RM139 million, respectively. Noor Azrina, 49, is charged with money laundering involving over RM60 million and is accused of receiving RM67,136,588.43 in illegal funds from her husband's account at a Bukit Tunku bank between March 6 and November 27, 2017.