KUALA LUMPUR: Two lawyers were charged in the Sessions Court today with committing criminal breach of trust involving some RM402,000 which was meant for a property transaction.
Mohd Haidar@Hasmayuyudin Mohd Hashim and Ahmad Ansor Muhd Rivai Batubara, both 45, were alleged to have committed the offence at their legal firm Mohd Haidar & Co, No 2-2, Tower 3, Bangsar Avenue 3, Jalan Kerinchi, near here on Sept 8, 2016.
The money, which was payment from property buyers V. Ananthi and her husband M.S. Loganathan, for the purchase of a double storey terrace house, from businessman Mohd Hazizi Saodi, was alleged to have been used by both the accused for their personal use.
While Mohd Haidar, who is wheel-chair bound after a stroke last year, claimed trial to committing the offence, Ahmad Ansor, did not turn up for the charging and the court issued a warrant of arrest, for him.
Deputy public prosecutor Malini Anne Satha Sivam did not offer bail and told the court that the accused was a flight risk and also might tamper with the prosecution witnesses because they are known to him.
Mohd Haidar, however told Judge Azman Ahmad the court should impose a reasonable bail amount on his, has cooperated with the police and court, he had been paralysed since June last year, and is undergoing physio therapy.
Azman set bail at RM10,000 in one surety and ordered Mohd Haidar to surrender his passport to the court, until disposal of the case.
He fixed Aug 22 for mention.
On June 1, Mohd Haidar claimed trail in the Sessions Courts for criminal breach of trust involving some RM2.25million, which was also meant for a property transaction.