THE prosecution will inform the court on the status of the inspection of jewellery seized from premises owned by Obyu Holdings Sdn Bhd in a forfeiture suit against former prime minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, next month.

The jewellery are allegedly linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal.

Deputy public prosecutor Faten Hadni Khairuddin said today the prosecution was to inform the court of the matter during case management today.

“However, due to the conditional movement-control order (CMCO), case management has been fixed for November 25 before high court judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin,” she said.

In March this year, the court allowed an application by Najib and Rosmah to inspect the jewellery, which is being kept at Bank Negara.

On July 27, the prosecution had said Najib and Rosmah had inspected 306 handbags, 401 watches, 16 watch accessories and 234 eyeglasses seized by police from Pavilion Residences in May 2018.

Earlier during case management, the prosecution had told Jamil that Najib and Rosmah had inspected the non-jewellery items on July 25, but inspection of the jewellery items could not be done as the Lebanese jeweller, Global Royalty Trading SAL, is still not allowed to enter the country after borders were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The prosecution had filed the application to forfeit the assets worth about RM680 million seized from the Obyu Holdings premises owned by Bustari Yusof.

Najib, Rosmah, Umno and Global Royalty are the third parties in the forfeiture application.

In the notice of motion filed against Obyu Holdings, the items include 11,991 units of jewellery, 401 watches and 16 watch accessories, 234 pairs of eyewear and 306 handbags, as well as cash in various denominations amounting to RM114,164,393.44. – Bernama, October 19, 2020.