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KUALA LUMPUR – Former prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is expected to be charged under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 at the Sessions Court here, remains under treatment at the National Heart Institute (IJN) on Friday.
As of now, the media has not been informed whether the charge will proceed at IJN or be postponed to a later date.
Meanwhile, lawyer Ragunath Kesavan, who is representing the former prime minister, confirmed when contacted by the media that his client was expected to be charged on Friday morning.
However, he said his client had been admitted to the hospital for further medical treatment.
Meanwhile, a source from the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) said the prosecution team would first appear at court before heading to IJN.
“We will go to court first, but most likely we will then proceed to IJN,” the source said.
Based on the court schedule, the charge against the 66-year-old Bera member of parliament was set to be read before Judge Suzana Hussin at 10am.
On Oct 1, 2025, the Sessions Court here ordered the forfeiture of RM169 million allegedly belonging to Ismail Sabri to the Malaysian government.
The forfeited assets comprised RM14,772,150; SG$6,132,350; US$1,461,400; CHF3 million (Swiss francs); EUR12,164,150; JPY363 million (Japanese yen); £50,250 (pound sterling); NZ$44,600; AED34.75 million (United Arab Emirates dirham); and AUD352,850.
The same judge made the ruling after allowing the prosecution’s application, as no interested third party came forward to challenge the forfeiture proceedings.
On Sept 8 the same year, the court was told that Ismail Sabri and his former political secretary, Datuk Mohammad Anuar Mohd Yunus, who were named as respondents, did not intend to challenge the prosecution’s application to forfeit the cash seized by the MACC.
During a press conference in March 2025, the MACC displayed approximately RM170 million in cash in various foreign currencies, along with 16 kilogrammes of gold bars estimated to be worth nearly RM7 million.
The cash and valuables were displayed after the MACC revealed that hundreds of millions of ringgit in cash and other high-value items had been seized from three premises, including a safe house, as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and money laundering.
