Shafee out on RM1 million bail

Bede Hong Bede Hong Updated 7 years ago · Published on 13 Sep 2018 12:45PM · 12 Comments

Justice Azura Alwi ordered Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (centre), who appeared in the dock today, to surrender both his Malaysian and diplomatic passports. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, September 13, 2018.

THE Kuala Lumpur session court granted prominent lawyer Mohmmad Shafee Abdulah bail of RM1 million after he was charged with money-laundering and tax evasion.

Justice Azura Alwi also ordered Shafee, who appeared in the dock today, to surrender both his Malaysian and diplomatic passports.  

Azura granted a request by the defence that an initial payment of RM500,000 be made today, ruling that the remainder be paid by September 18.

Shafee’s tax offences are linked to his engagement “in a transaction that involves proceeds of unlawful activity” for submitting an incorrect tax return by failing to declare the RM4.3 million and RM5.2 million payments he received for the financial year 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Shafee claimed trial to all four charges under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

Case management has been set for October 2. β€“ September 13, 2018.

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  • Good! More to come?

    Posted 7 years ago by Simon Loo · Reply

  • Didn't know that UMNO lawyers get diplomatic passports? Another abuse by the BN government. The Immigration Department and the Foreign Ministry must revoke all the diplomatic passports issued by the former BN government to their ministers,deputy ministers,senior civil servants, corporate figures and political appointees including lawyers and other scum of the regime.

    Posted 7 years ago by Gerard Lourdesamy · Reply

  • Top crooked lawyer in Scumno controlled kangaroo court.

    Posted 7 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • How do ordinary folks get or buy a diplomatic passport?

    Posted 7 years ago by Ju Laza · Reply

  • What?....a diplomatic passport?......kimak dia!

    Posted 7 years ago by Azis Yusoff · Reply

  • Dies Rosmah Binti Jantan has a diplomatic passport?

    Posted 7 years ago by Ju Laza · Reply

  • The "legal" lynchpin to decades of Umno skullduggery has finally been brought to book. A significant moment in our sordid national saga of weaponized sodomy & gory gomorrah!

    Posted 7 years ago by Antares Maitreya · Reply

  • Needless for me to comment further, I see all comments centred on became matter, Diplomatic Passport. Jeewee, How?????

    Posted 7 years ago by Robert Phang · Reply

  • At least UMNO members do not need to pawn their gold items to pay the bail money for this hot shot lawyer.

    Posted 7 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • Diplomatic passport? in what capacity ? he is just a commercial lawyer happened to be closed to politician.....

    Posted 7 years ago by Wei Kuan Tan · Reply

  • Thats the height of abuse went on when the ex-PM was in power. All his friends enjoyed diplomatic immunity. I shudder to think if only these people had come back to power. Malaysians made a wise decision in the GE14. God speed

    Posted 7 years ago by Dato Seri Mohd Sabri Abdullah · Reply

  • Thats the height of abuse went on when the ex-PM was in power. All his friends enjoyed diplomatic immunity. I shudder to think if only these people had come back to power. Malaysians made a wise decision in the GE14. God speed

    Posted 7 years ago by Dato Seri Mohd Sabri Abdullah · Reply