{
  "id": 5511721,
  "title": "Mahkamah tolak permohonan DNAA pengerusi Maju Holdings, isteri",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-dnaa-pengerusi-maju-holdings-isteri-5511721",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/04/mahkamah-tolak-permohonan-dnaa-pengerusi-maju-holdings-isteri"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Executive Chairman of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd, Abu Sahid Mohamed, and his wife, Noor Azrina Azmi, faced a denial of a conditional release application before Malaysia's Federal Court. The case centered on allegations of five charges of criminal breach of trust and 13 charges of misappropriation of funds. The court hearing revealed that the prosecution had yet to deliver crucial documents required for the defense's preparation, following almost a year of accusations in September.\n\nThe defense attorney argued that multiple hearings had been conducted to allow the prosecution to deliver the documents to the defense. However, he disputed the number and content of the documents, emphasizing that the critical issue was whether the required matters had been addressed in accordance with Section 51A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). While the prosecution might have submitted 18, 20, or even 200 volumes of documents, their relevance became questionable if they were commonplace records like SSM inquiries and bank statements, failing to prove the specific charge of criminal breach of trust.\n\nThe defense attorney further contended that the documents should have been delivered three or four months after the charges were announced. The prosecution's deputy argued that some documents were still in the process of being delivered, and the substance of the case would not change. Nevertheless, the documents could still be submitted before the trial began, and the prosecution would prepare them in a timely manner for the defense to prepare their case.\n\nAfter hearing both sides, the judge denied the conditional release application and set a date for further hearings on November 20, when the prosecution was expected to present a list of witnesses. The court also anticipated setting a trial date at that hearing. Abu Sahid, aged 75, faced charges of RM458 million in criminal breach of trust and RM139 million in misappropriation of funds, while his wife was charged with misappropriation of funds exceeding RM60 million. She was alleged to have received RM67,136,588.43 from her husband's account into her own bank account between 6 March and 27 November 2017.",
  "summary": "Abu Sahid Mohamed mohon pelepasan bersyarat atas alasan pihak pendakwaan belum serah dokumen penting bagi perbicaraan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Court dismisses DNAA application by Maju Holdings chairman, wife",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/court-dismisses-dnaa-application-by-maju-holdings-chairman-wife",
        "published": "2026-09-04T06:20:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Court rules DNAA not applicable in Maju Holdings director, wife’s CBT, money laundering case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/court-rules-dnaa-not-applicable-in-maju-holdings-director-wifes-cbt",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:57:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}