The Kuala Lumpur High Court has denied the government's bid to forfeit RM192 million in alleged 1MDB-linked funds from Umno.
Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan dismissed the forfeiture suit during open-court proceedings this morning.
Zaini ruled that the remaining money left in Umno's bank account as at May 2019 is not linked to any money allegedly deposited by its then president Najib Abdul Razak.
MACC DPP Mahadi Abdul Jumaat made an oral application for interim stay on the unfreezing order pending the hearing of their official application to stay today’s entire court decision and pending their appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Mahadi said the prosecution would file the notice of appeal as soon as possible by next week.
