KUALA LUMPUR - Toh Puan Nai'mah Abdul Khalid, the wife of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court here tomorrow following an investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
Checks on the court's e-filing system revealed that the case would be called before Judge Azura Alwi at 9 am.
The 66-year-old woman will be charged under the MACC Act, but the specific provision was not mentioned.
On Jan 10, Nai’mah and her two sons presented themselves at the MACC headquarters to give their statements and assist in the agency’s investigation of the former finance minister cum businessman.
Earlier, MACC Anti-Money Laundering Division director Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin confirmed that statements from Daim’s wife and sons were taken to facilitate the investigation under the anti-money laundering law.
The MACC previously clarified that the investigation into Daim was based on information obtained from the Pandora Papers and that the investigation papers into the case were opened in February last year. - BERNAMA