Ex-Sabah water director convicted of money laundering, wife freed

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Sessions court acquits former Sabah water department deputy director Lim Lam Beng of the same charges.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/05/19/ex-sabah-water-director-convicted-of-money-laundering-wife-freed  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/05/19/bekas-pengarah-air-sabah-bersalah-kes-pengubahan-wang-haram-isteri-dibebaskan  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews

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00:00Former Sabah Water Department Director Awang Tahir Awang Talib has been convicted of 12 counts of money laundering involving over

00:08RM45 million in one of the Bornean state's largest ever corruption cases.

00:14The Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court ruled that the prosecution had proven its case against Tahir beyond reasonable doubt, Berita Harian

00:22reported.

00:22However, Judge Abu Bakar Manat acquitted Tahir's wife Fauzia Piyot, 61, and former Sabah Water Department Deputy Director Lim Lambing,

00:3272, of the same charges.

00:34The court also acquitted Tahir and Fauzia of two joint money laundering charges.

00:39Tahir, Fauzia, and Lim were jointly charged in 2019 with 37 counts of money laundering involving RM61.57 million and

00:51the unlawful possession of luxury items.

00:53Tahir faced 12 charges and Fauzia 19 under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities

01:03Act 2001.

01:04They were also jointly charged on two counts.

01:08On you, Joe, FMT.

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