Daim’s family withdraws stay application after Sessions Court halts forfeiture proceedings
The Edge reported the late former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, his wife, Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid and their next of kin withdrew yesterday, Wednesday 15 April 2026, their application for a stay of four forfeiture proceedings at the High Court, which had been filed against them and their companies by the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) and government. This follows the Sessions Court having earlier granted their application for a stay of proceedings earlier this month, as well as four separate MACC forfeiture applications, pending the disposal of the judicial review applications that it filed in 2024 and the constitutional reference matter. Judge Datuk Aliza Sulaiman allowed the withdrawal and ordered the plaintiffs in the action to pay RM2,000 costs to the MACC and government in online proceedings. Besides Daim, who died in November 2024 and Na’imah, other plaintiffs in the action include their four children Asnida, Md Wira Dani, Muhammed Amir Zainuddin and Muh...