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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): The Sessions Court has dismissed Maju Expressway (MEX) owner Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed’s application for a discharge not amounting to acquittal (DNAA) over his criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money-laundering charges.
Sessions Court judge Suzana Hussin then set Nov 20 for case management, where prosecution are to submit their list of witnesses. The court will also then set trial dates.
The defence had made the application on Friday, for both Abu Sahid and his wife, on the grounds that the prosecution had allegedly delayed handing over documents of significance to the defence.
"My clients were charged on Sept 8, 2025. Now we are here on the 4th [nearly a year later]. There’s been seven case managements for [the prosecution] to give documents. The volume of the documents — it’s whether the evidential issue has been covered.
"My instructions are to ask the court to grant a DNAA," defence counsel Datuk Jasbeer Singh argued, adding that the charges are now hanging over his clients’ heads.
A DNAA simply means that the accused can once again be charged for the same alleged offence at a later date.
This is as opposed to a full acquittal, or a discharge amounting to an acquittal (DAA), where the accused cannot be charged again for the same alleged offence.
Jasbeer argued that the more appropriate application was for a DAA, but he "understood that at this stage" of the case, the very least is for the court to grant a DNAA.
Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Nidzuwan Abd Latif said that the documents and crux of the case have not changed; the only pending issue is formalising the remainder documents.
He added that on Friday, the prosecution has given the defence five volumes of documents. This, combined with the 18 volumes passed previously, bring it up to 23 volumes of documents which have been handed over to the defence to date.
Abu Sahid is facing five charges of CBT over more than RM458.5 million of company funds entrusted to him. He also faces 13 money-laundering charges.
His wife, Puan Sri Noor Azrina Mohd Azmi, is charged with receiving proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM67.14 million into her bank account from Abu Sahid’s bank account.