JOHOR BARU: Former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
(pic) has claimed trial to two charges of money laundering at the Sessions Court here involving a total of RM100,000.
The 29-year-old, who is also Muar MP, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before Sessions judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Thursday (Aug 5).
According to the charge sheet, the accused had transferred RM50,000 from his bank account into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) account on June 16, 2018, and another RM50,000 on June 19 the same year.
The money was allegedly obtained through money-laundering activities and the offence was said to have been committed at a bank in Taman Perling, Johor Baru.
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PETALING JAYA: A law firm has started a crowdfunding campaign to help a Mongolian woman refile a civil action suit against a former police inspector in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors aims to raise RM46,500 on behalf of Nandine-Erdene Khoskhulug in order to continue with the case.
The firm in a statement said Khoskhulug had filed a civil action suit in the Kuala Lumpur High Court in April last year seeking declarations that she was unlawfully detained and raped by Hazrul Hizham Ghazali during the initial movement control order, as well as other damages.
“The High Court recently struck off the civil action filed against Hazrul when Khoskhulug failed to make payment of RM70,000 in ‘security for costs’.
Published on: Friday, January 22, 2021
By: Bernama
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SHAH ALAM: A former senior principal assistant secretary of a ministry pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here Thursday to two counts of accepting bribes totalling RM100,000 in connection with the issuance of tender for biofertiliser supply and delivery to a company, last year.
Shahrulzaman Jaafar, 43, who was then attached at the Agriculture and Agro-based Ministry (MOA), made the plea after the charges were read out to him before Judge Rihaida Rafie.
According to the first charge, Shahrulzaman, who is currently suspended from his duty, is accused of accepting bribes amounting to RM70,000 from Hazrul Hisyam Hassan, 46.
PETALING JAYA: A law firm has started a crowdfunding campaign to help a Mongolian national refile a civil action suit against a former police inspector in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.
Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors aims to raise RM46,500 on behalf of Nandine-Erdene Khoskhulug in order to continue with the case.
The firm in a statement said Khoskhulug had filed a civil action suit in the Kuala Lumpur High Court in April last year seeking declarations that she was unlawfully detained and allegedly raped by Hazrul Hizham Ghazali during the initial movement control order as well as well other damages.