KUALA LUMPUR: Former Mara Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Mara Inc) chairman Datuk Mohammad Lan Allani has claimed trial at two Sessions Court here to 22 counts of corruption and money laundering amounting to RM20.45mil involving the purchase of a property in Australia.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges, which were read out separately before judges Azura Alwi and Rozina Ayob here yesterday.
The 65-year-old is facing 17 charges of receiving RM17.45mil from Optimus Capital Sdn Bhd director Mazrul Haizad Marof as an inducement for him to approve a proposal paper titled “Proposed Acquisition of a Student Accommodation Building and a Commercial Retail Block known as Dudley International House, 7-14 Dudley Street, Caulfield East, Victoria 3145, Melbourne, Australia”.