Lawyers: Guan Eng should stop talking about selling Equanimity
This after the finance minister revealed that the government may sell the yacht in a bid to get back the money allegedly stolen from 1MDB.
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PETALING JAYA: Lawyers today urged Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng to refrain from commenting on the government’s plan to sell a luxury yacht linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho in a bid to recover the money allegedly stolen from 1MDB.
Lawyer Rafique Rashid Ali said the minister should not jump the gun by revealing the government’s plans to sell the Equanimity.
“Get a conviction against those who are allegedly involved in money-laundering offences.
“If the prosecutor obtains a conviction over the said crimes, they should go through proper channels to dispose the said asset to recover losses to the country,” he said.
Meanwhile, senior lawyer Kitson Foong said Lim or any Cabinet member should refrain from making statements on the sale of the Equanimity.
“He should seek the AG’s (attorney-general’s) advice before commenting. This kind of comment is not for him to make.
“Even Tun (Dr Mahathir Mohamad) was careful in commenting. So he should listen to his boss,” he said, referring to the prime minister’s comment yesterday that whoever owns the yacht should come forward to claim ownership.
Foong also said Lim’s remark on selling the Equanimity could open up the risk of a civil lawsuit against the government by Low or anyone who came forward as the owner.
Under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (Amla), the public prosecutor can forfeit properties allegedly belonging to those involved in money laundering offences.
Foong said although no criminal charges had been made against the fugitive businessman, the prosecutor could still proceed with the forfeiture process in court.
Yesterday, Lim said the government might sell the Equanimity, said to be Low’s, to get back the money allegedly stolen from 1MDB.
He said if the government received a good offer for the yacht, they would sell it.
The Equanimity arrived in Malaysian waters at around 12.40pm today.
On Saturday, it was reported that Indonesia had agreed to hand the yacht over to Malaysia.
Indonesian authorities impounded the yacht in Bali in February at the request of US authorities as part of a multi-billion dollar corruption investigation related to 1MDB launched by the US Department of Justice.
An Indonesian court ruling in April declared that the yacht was wrongfully impounded and should be released to the owner.
Indonesian police seized the yacht again in July following a formal request for legal assistance from the US.
So much spite, so much malice towards Lim Guan Eng and his team from Ktemoc...from this and previous post.
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The FACT:
On Feb 28 this year, Indonesian authorities boarded and seized the vessel at the U.S.-DOJ’s request. However, the South Jakarta District Court ruled that the seizure was invalid because the U.S.-DOJ’s mutual legal assistance request was channelled directly to the Indonesian police, whereas Indonesian law requires the MLA request to be made through the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
As a result, the U.S.-DOJ’s Office of International Affairs was forced to re-submit a request for mutual legal assistance (MLA) to the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights on April 19. In July, the Indonesian authorities again boarded and seized the superyacht Equanimity after the previous seizure conducted in February was declared null and void on technical grounds.
Jho Low Equanimity Yacht Confiscated - Seized by Indonesia Police - US Authorities
Like it or not, the U.S.-DoJ may lose its claims over the vessel before the yacht could sail for America because they are unfamiliar with the messy Indonesian law. The Equanimity’s registered owner, obviously on behalf of actual owner Jho Low, has been trying to challenge the seizure on “procedural grounds”, while a case was also filed in the U.S. courts to determine its ownership.
Did yr mom sifu teaches u the right fake news editing techniques ke?
Yup, there was a growing risk that while the case wound itself through US Courts, the seizure in Indonesia would become void.
DeleteThe Equanimity could possibly disappear one morning.
So Malaysia taking control of the ship is a good pre-emptive strike.
Pre-emptive strike my foot! A simple check with the ship registry would reveal who owns the vessel but yet the KERAjaan PHitnah lawyers will need 6, 9 months to do it?
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DeleteAnother one of those rd choirboys, migrating from mt!
Think… if u do have the brain - why the super yacht is registered in Cayman Island with an undisclosed ownership.
Ooop… thousand apologies! Got head but no brain lah!
Some lawyers wanting a minute of fame by advising this and that as if the PH Govt. are like the previous bunch in BN Govt. who does things according to their whims and fancies and abiding by laws is secondary to their corrupted minds.
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So where the fuck is that squirt who claims to own the yacht? No balls to come forward? Wakakakaka
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