00:00Inspector General of Police Khaled Ismail says Mandiri is under investigation following a police report alleging the youth group received
00:08funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities from 2024 until this year.
00:14Khaled said police opened a money laundering probe on September 10th under Section 4 subsection 1 of the Anti-Money
00:22Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 against Mandiri Development Centre Sendirian Berhai.
00:32Section 4 subsection 1 provides for up to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of at least 5 times the
00:39value of the illegal proceeds or RM5 million, whichever is higher.
00:45Mandiri Executive Director Amir Hadi and Finance Director Dobby Chew were arrested at Bukit Aman yesterday, prompting civil society groups
00:54and DAP politicians to demand their immediate release.
00:58In a statement, Khaled said police would continue investigating anyone suspected of links to the case, including the handling, transfer
01:06and use of funds suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
01:11On September 18th, more than 20 police officers raided a Pataling Jaya office shared by Mandiri and Hayat, an NGO
01:19managed by Chew.
01:21The groups handed over financial records, audit and tax documents, staff payrolls, a computer and a USB drive containing financial
01:30information.
01:31The probe followed earlier enforcement action against Amir and Chew, including the freezing of personal and organisational bank accounts under
01:39anti-money laundering laws and travel bans preventing them from leaving the country.
01:45I'm NERDIEP GILL, FMT.
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