KUALA LUMPUR: Former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin (pix), his wife, and four children filed a legal action to challenge the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) ongoing investigation against them.
Tun Daim, 85, his wife Toh Puan Nai’mah Abdul Khalid, 66, and their four children, Asnida, 62, Md Wira Dani, 45, Muhammed Amir Zainuddin, 28, and Muhammed Amin Zainuddin, 25, and Ilham Tower Sdn Bhd acted as the applicants in applying for leave to seek judicial review at the High Court here yesterday (Jan 10) through Messrs. Tommy Thomas.
They named MACC and the public prosecutor as the first and second respondents.
In the notice of application obtained by the media today, the applicants said on Dec 30, 2023, the MACC had issued a statement that it had initiated an investigation into Daim based on information from the Pandora Papers.
According to Daim, the Pandora Papers are confidential files that were circulated in 2021 revealing the names of offshore company owners, assets, and bank accounts abroad that are beyond the jurisdiction of Malaysia.
However, he said the file did not indicate any wrongdoing by him and his family. -Bernama