Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: Muhammad bin Muhammad Taib, chief minister of Malaysia's central state of Selangor, was earlier Friday ordered by an Australian court to attend a three-day committal hearing beginning August 19. Muhammad, 51, who was not required to attend the court hearing Friday, was charged with failing to declare the equivalent of 2.4 million ringgit (981,000 US) in December 1996.

declare