KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A lawyer was arraigned in two Sessions Courts here on Wednesday (April 7) on nine charges, including receiving, transferring and using RM6.5mil in funds allegedly derived from illegal activities.
However, M. Pathmarajah, 65, who appeared calm throughout the proceedings, pleaded not guilty after all the charges were read out before judges Datin Sabariah Othman and Kamarudin Kamsun.
Pathmarajah, a partner of law firm Messrs. Mazwan Pathma & Co, was charged before Sabariah with three counts of receiving RM3,735,200, RM640,070 and RM2,161,330 believed to be proceeds of illegal activities, through four cheques deposited into two current accounts belonging to the law firm.
Two gang members involved in nearly 300 snatch theft cases nabbed in Gombak 20 Feb 2021 / 10:25 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Two men from the Ayoi Gombak Gang, suspected of being involved in almost 300 jewellery snatch theft cases since early 2018, were arrested in a raid in Gombak here on Jan 26.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said that during the raid police also seized, among other things, Honda FD and Toyota Vellfire vehicles worth a total of RM280,000, believed to have been purchased from the proceeds of crime, and four motorcycles believed to have been used during snatching.
“Both suspects were remanded under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Prevention of Crime Act (POCA) 1959 from Monday until March 7, and are also being investigated under Section 4 of Anti-Money Laundering, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Illegal Activities Act 2001,” he said.