Daim expected to be charged on Jan 29

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Tun Daim Zainuddin is expected to be charged on Monday (Jan 29).  The former finance minister said that graft investigators had recorded a statement from him on Friday (Jan 26).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/mGRY1  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Ton Daim Zainuddin is expected to be charged on Monday.

00:06 The former finance minister said that graft investigators had recorded a statement from

00:10 him on Friday.

00:12 It is learnt that Daim said his lawyers have informed that he will be charged on January

00:16 29 for an offence under Section 36, subsection 2 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Act, which

00:23 is an offence pertaining to disclosure of assets.

00:27 On January 24, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said that it had been given the

00:32 go-ahead to charge the 84-year-old Daim but could not execute it just yet as he was in

00:38 hospital.

00:39 Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Tan Sri Azam Baki said the agency had wanted to bring

00:45 Daim's case to court since last week after getting the consent from the Attorney-General's

00:50 chambers.

00:51 On Tuesday, Daim's wife, Tawpuan Naima Abdul Khalid, was charged with failing to declare

00:57 her assets.

00:58 The 67-year-old faces up to five years in jail and a RM100,000 fine if convicted.

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