PETALING JAYA: A technician claimed trial in the Sessions Court here yesterday to money laundering involving almost half a million ringgit.
Koh Chong Peng, 23, allegedly obfuscated illicit cash of RM475,000 through Mohd Shafif Md Sulaiman, 43, at Best Metro Holidays in Jalan PJS 11/28B, Sunway Metro, Bandar Sunway here, between Aug 15, 2016 and Aug 16, 2016.
The charge under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, carries a maximum 15 years imprisonment or a fine of not less than five times the amount involved or not more than
RM5 million, on conviction.
Deputy public prosecutor Nik Haslinie Hashim did not propose bail but counsel Siti Rohaya Mohd Tajudin pleaded otherwise, telling the court that the accused is the breadwinner for his family and also had to take care of his mother who has high blood pressure.
Judge V.M Mabel Sheela set RM12,000 as bail with one surety and an additional condition that the accused should report to the nearest police station once a month and surrender his passport to the court.
The court set June 16 for remention. — Bernama