Former CID chief ordered to enter defence in sources of income trial
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah has been ordered to enter his defence by a Sessions Court here in his trial for failing to declare all his sources of income.
Judge Sohaini Alias ruled the prosecution had succeeded in establishing a prima facie case against Ku. She fixed Feb 6 for the next hearing.
A total of seven witnesses were called during the prosecution’s case, which ran from May 5 to Aug 3.
She also granted an application by the prosecution to insert the word “intentionally” in the charge sheet.
Ku, 58, was charged with intentionally failing to comply with the prosecutor’s notice under Section 49(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 dated Dec 23, 2013.
He had failed to declare all sources of income in his sworn statement dated Jan 8, 2014, and was charged under Section 49(3) of the Act.
The offence was said to have been committed at the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission headquarters in Putrajaya between Dec 23, 2013 and Jan 21, 2014.
Budiman Lutfi Mohamed was the MACC deputy public prosecutor while Datuk Geethan Ram Vincent appeared for Ku.
