Deputy public prosecutor (DPP) Mohd Mukhzany Fariz Mokhtar said the prosecution had submitted witness statements to the court and defence team early last month.

The trial will be heard before Sessions Court judge Azman Ahmad.

Mukhzany, who leads the prosecution team, said the trial was previously set for Oct 16 and and Oct 23 as well as Nov 6, but was adjourned following the implementation of the conditional movement control order.

“The prosecution had received an email from the court recently informing it that case management has been set on Nov 27 to fix the new trial dates,” he told Bernama.

Counsel Hamidi Mohd Noh, who leads the defence team confirmed the matter.

Ahmad is accused of money laundering by failing to declare his actual income in his tax return form for the 2013 assessment year, in violation of Section 113(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act 1967.

The former deputy finance minister is charged with committing the offence by failing to declare an income of RM2 million, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, he received from Najib through an AmIslamic Bank Bhd cheque dated Nov 27 and which he cashed in on the same day.

He is alleged to have committed the offence at the LHDN Duta branch at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim here on April 30, 2014.

The charge is framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Amla), which provides for a maximum fine of RM5 million, or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, upon conviction.

Ahmad is also charged with giving false statements to MACC when questioned by investigating officer Mohd Zairi Zainal at the Parliament building on July 4 last year.

The charge, framed under Section 32(8)c) of Amla, provides for a maximum fine of RM3 million, or imprisonment for up to five years, or both, upon conviction.