More than 3.8 million Tabung Haji depositors have registered and are awaiting their turn to fulfil the fifth pillar of Islam.

The ruling was made after the deputy public prosecutor asked the court to discharge without acquitting the Baling MP under Section 254 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code following a representation submitted by him.

The Court of Appeal has upheld nine charges of corruption and money laundering against him.

The commission will be chaired by former chief justice Md Raus Sharif.

This follows a series of audits from 2014 to 2020.

The government is seeking to forfeit the shop lot as well as nearly RM16 million from accounts belonging to the wife of Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and their four children.

Judge rules among others that Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim failed to show that the charges against him were malicious.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says the new quota will kick in once the haj situation returns to normal after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 2020 profit distribution involves a total payout of RM2.24 billion against RM2.14 billion in 2019.

However, court refuses request for today's hearing to be postponed.

Royal Prof Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid was one of the country's best known academics and social critics.

They include debts linked to 1MDB and Tabung Haji as well as several large-scale projects.