Site supervisor claims trial to RM1.9mil money laundering charges
Law Tuan Hai, 63, is accused of receiving about RM1.9 million from two men over purported land sales in Rembau.
A 63-year-old site supervisor has claimed trial to four money laundering charges involving about RM1.9 million.
Bernama reported that Law Tuan Hai entered his plea after the charges were read before judge Shahrul Rizal Majid.
On the first three charges, Law is accused of receiving separate cheques worth RM300,000, RM100,000 and RM1.14 million from a company after fraudulently inducing a 49-year-old man to transfer the money to his current account.
He allegedly deceived the man into believing he was selling a plot of land in Rembau despite not being its lawful owner.
The offences were allegedly committed at a bank in Bahau, Jempol, between Dec 5 and 11, 2023.
On the fourth charge, Law allegedly received RM338,000 from a 54-year-old man on Dec 7 the same year for the purported sale of a plot of land at the same location.
He was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Amla), which provides for up to 15 years' imprisonment and a fine of at least five times the value of the unlawful proceeds involved, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Nurliana R Azmi applied for all four cases to be heard jointly at the George Town sessions court, where a related charge was filed a day earlier.
The court set bail at RM8,000 for each charge and ordered all cases to be heard at the George Town sessions court on Sept 9.
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