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00:04Speaking of the shocking scenes in Malaysia's history of corruption
00:06Besides the 1MDB money laundering case...
00:09And here's another image from the Sabah Watergate scandal that shocked Malaysia ten years ago.
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00:17The anti-Taiwan group seized a large amount of cash and luxury goods at the time.
00:20You see, it's piled up all over the desktop.
00:22Even the likes are so numerous that people have to keep counting them.
00:25This case is considered the largest corruption scandal in Sabah's history.
00:30After nearly a decade of lengthy legal proceedings
00:33The court today finally delivered its verdict in this case involving a massive amount of money laundering.
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00:39The verdict was announced.
00:40The judge ruled on the key figure in the case, former director of the Sabah Water Department, A...
00:45Wanda West
00:45Convicted on all 12 counts of money laundering totaling RM45 million.
00:51He was sentenced to a total of 96 years in prison and fined RM284.3 million.
00:56If the fine cannot be paid, it could result in 78 months of imprisonment.
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01:02However, the judge ordered all prison sentences to be served concurrently.
01:06And the calculation starts from today.
01:08This means that the defendant, Awangdasi, would actually only need to serve 8 years in prison.
01:13The judge also allowed the defendant to remain on bail under the existing bail conditions.
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01:17The lawyer representing the client also stated that they would file an appeal.
01:20This corruption case will now proceed to the next stage of judicial proceedings.
01:25Meanwhile, another person was charged in 2016 at the same time as Awangdasi.
01:28The second defendant in this money laundering case
01:30That is, Awangdasi's wife
01:32The third defendant is Lim Nam Bing, former deputy director of the Sabah Water Department.
01:36Although both of them face multiple charges
01:39However, he was ultimately released in court due to insufficient evidence.
01:43So they are now free.
01:45When the Sessions Court judge read out the death sentence, he pointed out
01:48Three defendants, including former Sabah Water Department Director Awang Dasi
01:52A total of 37 money laundering charges involving a total of RM61.57 million were brought against them.
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01:58They were charged with crimes committed between October and November 2016.
02:02Committing crimes in Sabah and Kuala Lumpur
02:05This conflicted with the 2001 Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing and Illicit Activities Act.
02:09Benefit Laws
02:10Back then, 23 million was found in the office of the anti-sale group in Awangdashi.
02:16Ringgit cash
02:17More than RM8 million was found at his home.
02:20And more than RM13 million in cash was found in two cars.
02:25He also faces two other violations related to owning six luxury cars.
02:30And a charge of illegally possessing 86 luxury watches.
02:35The judge also said that throughout the entire trial process...
02:39The defense was unable to challenge all the charges.
02:42At the same time, the defense also lacked strong evidence to prove...
02:46The defendant claimed that the so-called funds were money earned from doing business.
02:51Rather than the term "illegal funds"
02:54The court was also satisfied with the evidence presented by the prosecution.
02:56Awangdasi abused the power of the Sabah Water Department Director.
03:00A centralized collection plan was implemented.
03:03So this evidence is overwhelming.
03:05The defendant was unable to explain the source of the funds.
03:08Looking back ten years ago, when anti-corruption officials found [illegible] in multiple locations
03:12The tens of millions of ringgit in illicit funds, cash, and assets mentioned earlier
03:17Once the official agency signed off on the funds raised.
03:19It took three whole days to finish calculating.
03:22Back then, the Sabah court issued a hefty fine against Awang Dasi.
03:25A staggering RM10 million guarantee that requires two local guarantors
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03:31It set a record for the highest bail amount in judicial history.
03:34At the moment, Awang Dashi simply couldn't raise ten million ringgit.
03:38bail
03:39His wife, who was also charged, couldn't raise the two million bail money.
03:43Both were eventually remanded in custody pending trial.
03:46But what will be Awangdasi's ultimate fate?
03:48And there will likely be a long legal battle ahead.
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