00:00Two former employees of a public transport operator company were charged in the KL Sessions
00:07Court on Thursday with money laundering offences involving over 550,000 ringgit.
00:1339-year-old Mohamed Hafiz Azizi and 34-year-old Mohamed Shahrul Nizam Azman pleaded not guilty
00:21after the charges were read before Judge Azrul Darus.
00:26Mohamed Hafiz, a former clerk at the company, was slapped with nine counts of obtaining
00:31565,359 ringgit in illegal proceeds through the bank accounts of his companies.
00:39The offences were allegedly committed between January 17, 2020 and July 7, 2023.
00:47Mohamed Shahrul, a former financial officer of the same company, was charged with eight
00:52counts of obtaining 580,916 ringgit in illegal proceeds through the bank accounts of his
01:00companies.
01:01The offences were allegedly committed between January 8, 2020 and July 7, 2023.
01:10Mohamed Shahrul was also slapped with seven counts of transferring 233,270 ringgit in
01:19illegal proceeds.
01:21The offences were allegedly committed between April 18, 2021 and August 8, 2023.
01:29All the charges were brought under Section 4, Subsection 1B of the Anti-Money Laundering,
01:36Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act, 2001.
01:42The duo, who were fired from the company and now work as delivery men, face up to 15 years
01:47imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the illegal
01:52proceeds, or 5 million ringgit, whichever is higher upon conviction.
01:57The court granted bail of 30,000 ringgit, with one surety for each accused, with additional
02:03conditions requiring them to report to the nearest police station and surrender their passports.
02:09The next case mention was scheduled for January 10 next year.
02:17For more information visit www.fema.gov
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