00:01The Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday allowed the money laundering case involving
00:07Tanshri Abu Sahid Muhammad's wife, Pwanshri Noor Azrina Muhammad Azmi, to be heard jointly
00:13with the corruption charges against the Maju Holdings' Sendirian Barhad Director.
00:19Judge Susanna Hossin granted the prosecution's application to combine the cases and fixed
00:24April 6 for mention to enable document submission.
00:28Noor Azrina, 49, is accused of receiving 67.14 million ringgit in alleged unlawful proceeds
00:37into her bank account from an account belonging to Abu Sahid between March 6 and November 27,
00:442017, at a bank in Bukit Tunku. She was charged under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism
00:51Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which carries a jail term of up
00:58to 15 years, and a fine of at least five times the amount involved, or five million ringgit,
01:04whichever is higher. Abu Sahid, 75, faces 18 corruption and money laundering charges, including
01:11five counts of misappropriating more than 458.5 million ringgit in company funds between May
01:182016 and October 2019. He is also accused of transferring 116.45 million ringgit in unlawful
01:28proceeds to multiple individuals and companies, and disposing of 22.8 million ringgit through
01:34check withdrawals between May 2016 and September 2018. These offences, under Section 409 of the Penal Code,
01:43carry a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment, caning and fines.
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