He said the bailors were asked to go to the bail counter at the Kuala Lumpur court complex at 10am today.
“Their lawyers and the bailors arrived at the court at about 9.30am. The court officers were already there and preparing the bail applications for the six accused,” Tan told FMT.
“With the assistance of the court’s officers, the bailors successfully completed the bail procedure at about noon. The six were finally released on bail.”
Yesterday, the chief registrar of the Federal Court said the six men had been denied bail because their bailors did not show up, and not because of early closing.
On Thursday, FMT reported that the six, who had claimed trial for alleged criminal conspiracy with the intention to cheat, would spend the long weekend in jail, with Tan claiming the bail counter had closed earlier than usual.
Tan had said the court staff closed the registration counter at 2.53pm despite a notice apparently stating that office hours were until 4.30pm.
He expressed gratitude and appreciation to the court officers who came in today despite it being a public holiday to facilitate the bail procedures.
He also thanked law and institutional reform minister Azalina Othman Said, the judiciary, and Kuala Lumpur Bar criminal law committee for their prompt attention.
“We trust that this matter can now be put to rest but, at the same time, we hope that a proper investigation and queries can be done to ensure that events such as this will not occur anymore,” he said.
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