CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD v 1. ) Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) 2. ) Pendakwa Raya 3. ) MUHAMMAD SUHAIMI YAHYA [Disaman Dalam Kapasitinya Sebagai Pegawai Awam Berdaftar Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia] (No. Pendaftaran: PPM-007-14-08092016)]

wa-24ncvc-1599-04-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 8 April 2025 • WA-24NCvC-1599-04/2024 • 23 min read

5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Catchwords

No provision in the Societies Act 1966 or any other law for a society to be prosecuted in its own name – S.51 Societies Act 1966 – Every office-bearer deemed to be guilty of offence committed by or in the name of the society – Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia is a society registered under S.7 Societies Act 1966 – Defined as a political party – No separate legal entity from its members – Power to issue Freezing Order under s.44 Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLA) – Power to issue Seizure Order – Permissible under s.51(2) Societies Act for office-bearer to be charged for offence committed by the society – President of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia charged under AMLA in his capacity as a president of the society – Compliance with s.52A AMLA – Order 17 Rules of Court 2012 – Interpleader Application filed by Plaintiff bank for directions and relief – Interpleader not to be heard as a civil suit or judicial review filed by the defendants – Power to determine disputes summarily in an interpleader application is applicable if and only if no existing proceedings between the claimants

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Criminal Law Administrative Law

Judges (1)

Gan Techiong Delivered

Counsel (8)

Chetan Jethwani & Co Firm Shearn Delamore & Co. Firm Chetan Jethwani Counsel Defendant Daud Sulaiman Counsel Plaintiff Mohammad Salehuddin Md Ali Counsel Defendant Nurhafizza Azizan Counsel Defendant Sathya Kumardas Counsel Plaintiff Tang Jia Yearn Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

CIMB ISLAMIC BANK BERHAD Applicant Pendakwa Raya Respondent Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia Respondent Muhammad Suhaimi Yahya] Respondent

Statutes Cited

AMLA Act (Cap 613)

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

Federal Constitution

Art 13

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (5)

MY (5)

[2015] 5 CLJ 1105 [2018] 6 MLJ 724 [2018] 8 CLJ 327 [2019] 5 MLJ 693 [2019] 8 CLJ 41

Judgment

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