Daim should undergo mental evaluation, court told

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The prosecution in Tun Daim Zainuddin’s case for failing to comply with a notice to declare his assets applied to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Tuesday (Aug 27) for the former Finance Minister to undergo a mental examination to determine his fitness to stand trial.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ysktbrkp  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The prosecution intundayam Zainuddin's case for failing to comply with a notice to declare

00:06his assets applied to the KL Sessions Court on Tuesday for the former finance minister,

00:11to undergo a mental examination to determine his fitness to stand trial.

00:16Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk 1 Shaharuddin 1 Ladin said this followed the defence's frequent

00:21requests for the 86-year-old to be exempted from court proceedings under Section 342 of

00:26the Criminal Procedure Code.

00:28He said a medical report from Asanta Hospital stated that Dayim had suffered multiple strokes

00:34resulting in a hemorrhagic infarct since January 2024.

00:38As such, the prosecution doubted whether he is fit to stand trial and capable of receiving

00:43and giving instructions to his defence team when the trial commences.

00:47The prosecution also doubted whether the facts pledged by Dayim in his previous affidavits

00:52are true or not.

00:53Prosecutor Nizamuddin Abdul Hamid, representing Dayim, objected to the prosecution's request,

00:59arguing that his client was only suffering from physical weakness and not mental issues.

01:04He said a recent meeting showed his client's mental state is still sound.

01:08Judge Azura Alwi then set October 17 to decide whether Dayim needs to undergo a mental examination.

01:15The court also set the same day to hear the application by Dayim and his wife, Topua Naima

01:19Khalid, to refer constitutional questions related to the charges facing them to the

01:24High Court.

01:25Earlier, Judge Azura dismissed Dayim's application to transfer his case before another Sessions

01:30Court judge.

01:32She said Dayim failed to meet the threshold for demonstrating a real danger of bias and

01:36provided no basis to show that the judgement would be clouded, even though Naima was charged

01:42in the same court.

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