The government wants to forfeit RM16 million from the accounts belonging to Azeez’s wife, Khadijah Mohd Noor, their four children – Mohamed Khairul Anwar, Mohamed Khairul Azman, Khaleeda Azwav and Khaleeda Azeera – and also a shop lot in Bandar Sunway owned by their company.

Lawyer Prem Ramachandran told High Court judge Muhammad Jamil Hussin today the family members submitted a representation letter to the Attorney-General’s Chambers last November.

“We understand that they (the government) have prepared a report. However, no meeting has been held yet between (the family and) senior AGC officers to consider our representation,” he said.

Deputy public prosecutor Nik Haslinie Hashim confirmed that the prosecution had received the family’s representation, adding that it had brought up the matter to the AGC’s head of prosecution.

“Our IO (investigating officer) is conducting further investigation on the family’s representation,” she said.

To that, Jamil said the court would fix mention for Feb 8, pending the AGC’s decision.

He said that if the family wished to file further affidavits against the government’s forfeiture bid, they could do so before Feb 8.

Azeez, who is also an Umno Supreme Council member, has an ongoing corruption case before the sessions court here.

He has been slapped with three corruption charges amounting to RM5.2 million, and nine money laundering charges amounting to RM139.3 million.

He is said to have received the RM5.2 million from Mohammad Redzuan Mohanan Abdullah, a director of Syarikat Menuju Asas Sdn Bhd, in the Klang Valley between December 2010 and April last year.

He is also accused of receiving RM139.3 million from four companies – Menuju Asas Sdn Bhd, Mangkubumi Sdn Bhd, Pintas Utama Sdn Bhd and AVP Engineering Sdn Bhd.

He has sought to strike out the corruption and money laundering charges on grounds that they are defective.

The striking-out application is pending a decision before the Court of Appeal.