Kuala Lumpur: Two days after he left for Italy, the Court of Appeal in Malaysia on
December 16 asked the Italian businessman
Ottavio Quattrocchi, one of the main
accused in the Rs 64 crore Bofors payoff case, to deposit his passport.
Hearing a petition challenging the Kuala Lumpur High Court's order rejecting
extradition case against Quattrocchi, Justice Hamid Mohammed asked the Italian
businessman to deposit his passport pending disposal of the plea.
When reached on his mobile phone for reaction on the development, Quattrocchi said
that he had left Kuala Lumpur on December 14, a day after the High Court dismissed
the plea, and was now in Italy.
"I thought everything was over in Kuala Lumpur. I left on Saturday because my
daughter wanted to meet me. I will return as per my plan," he said.
His office and lawyers in Kuala Lumpur also said that he had left for Italy on
December 14.
PTI
