Datuk Seri Vida granted temporary return of passport for business, umrah trips
NST
IPOH: The Sessions court here granted flamboyant cosmetics entrepreneur Datuk Seri Vida's request for the temporary return of her passport to allow her to make business-related and umrah trips next year.
Khairilazwar Khalil, lawyer of Datuk Seri Vida (whose real name is Datuk Seri Hasmiza Othman), made the request before judge Murtazadi Amran. Khairilazwar said that the Vida Beauty Sdn Bhd founder has trips scheduled for Thailand (Jan 3 – 5), China (Jan 16 - 22) and to perform the umrah (Jan 26 - Feb 3).
Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Raja Rozela Raja Toran, however, objected to the request, as he had not received the affidavit and expressed concern that Hasmiza might try to flee the country.
Murtazadi granted the request and ordered Hasmiza to return her passport to the court no later than Feb 6, 2017.
Earlier, Murtazadi set mention for Hazmiza’s remaining 16 charges of failing to submit statements on Goods and Services Tax (GST) amounting to RM4.2 million between April 1, 2015 and July 31, 2015 – to which Hasmiza pleaded not guilty – on March 9 and 10, 2017.
She allegedly committed the offences at the Royal Malaysian Customs, GST Division office, at Wisma Kastam at Jalan Tun Razak here.
The 16 charges are framed under Section 41(6) of the GST Act 2014, which carries a maximum fine of RM50,000, or three years’ imprisonment, or both, upon conviction.
