Dubai: Deyaar's former CEO on Wednesday submitted a defence to the court, containing evidence alleging that the graft case financial report was forged by the Ruler's Court departmental director.
"Your honour, today I am submitting a defence in which I have clarified that the director of the Financial Control Department of the Ruler's Court committed 14 forgeries," said Deyaar's 44-year-old former CEO, Z.S., when he addressed the Dubai Misdemeanours Court.
Presiding Judge, Rifaat Mahmoud Tulba Othman took Z.S.'s defence and added it to the case file.
In an earlier hearing, Z.S. accused the director, M.M., from the Financial Control Department of forging and tampering with the financial report submitted to the Misdemeanours Court.
"[Under] article 257 of the Federal Penal Code, I ask the court to refer M.M. to prosecutors to be questioned for the charge of forging the report," said Z.S., who has been in custody for two years.
The judge asked Z.S. to submit his evidence (he submitted it during yesterday's hearing), before taking any legal action in case there is any forgery.
Advocate Khalid Al Hamrani, Deyaar's representative in civil rights, asked the court to give him a copy of a financial consultation report — which allegedly proved that Z.S. did not embezzle money or cause any loss to Deyaar.
Z.S. has denied embezzling nearly Dh240 million from Deyaar.
He has also denied charges of breach of trust, forgery and using fake documents, as well as aiding and abetting a crime.
