1.   Customs officials appealed the decision to try to keep all the seized cash.

2.   Seized cash and property usually are liquidated, then returned to the Justice Department or to the agencies that seized them.

3.   Malik has denied any link to the seized cash.

4.   Malik, who heads the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, has denied any link to the seized cash.

5.   Malik, who human rights activists say has been tortured in custody, has denied any link to the seized cash.

6.   Malik, who is an executive member of the Hurriyat, has denied any links to the seized cash.