KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 – The High Court Tuesday fixed Feb 24 for remention of former Batu Kawan UMNO Division vice head Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and lawyer Matthias Chang Wen Chieh’s case. Justice Datuk Azman Abdullah set the date after deputy public prosecutor Masri Mohd Daud informed the court that the prosecution was still waiting for the date of its appeal at the Court of Appeal to be fixed.
The prosecution is appealing against High Court judge Datuk Mohd Azman Husin’s ruling that the charge against Khairuddin and Chang did not fall under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) 2012. Counsel Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla who is representing Khairuddin did not object to the remention date.
Justice Mohd Azman had in his ruling on Nov 18 also ordered the case to be remitted to the Sessions Court and set RM10,000 as bail with one surety for each accused. Khairuddin, 54, and Chang, 66, are facing a charge under Section 124L of the Penal Code for attempting to sabotage the country’s financial and banking services, which carries a jail term of up to 15 years upon conviction.
They allegedly committed the offence at five locations between June 28 and Aug 26 last year. The five alleged locations are the office of the France Economic and Financial Crimes Division chief in Paris; Charing Cross Police station, London, United Kingdom; office of the Switzerland Attorney General in Bern; WaiChan police station, Hongkong; and Cantonment Police Headquarters, Singapore.
