Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi made the order of acquittal after the prosecution said it did not wish to pursue the case.
"The court extends its condolences to the family of the deceased. May his soul be placed within the righteous," The Star reported her as saying on Nov 20.
Tun Daim died on Nov 13 at the age of 86, after being admitted in October to Assunta Hospital in Petaling Jaya following a stroke.
However, Mr Daim's counsel Gurdial Singh Nijar on Nov 20 said the former minister had wanted the case to continue.
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