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In a 2-1 majority decision, a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat dismissed Goh Leong Yeong’s appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus. Reuters pic
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PUTRAJAYA, July 30 Businessman Goh Leong Yeong, who was remanded under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) for alleged illegal online gambling activities, lost his appeal in the Federal Court for an issuance of a writ of habeas corpus to secure his release.
In a 2-1 majority decision, a three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat dismissed Goh’s appeal against the High Court’s dismissal of his writ of habeas corpus.
12 Apr 2021 / 20:49 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: A businessman who made headlines after he escaped from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building in October last year, was arraigned in the Sessions Court here on money laundering charges involving over RM2.1 million.
Goh Leong Yeong (
right), or better known as Alvin Goh, 33, and his brother Goh Yeong Hui, 28, pleaded not guilty after all the seven charges against them were read before Judge Datin Sabariah Othman.
The two directors of Malaysia House of Internet Sdn Bhd were alleged to have received RM2,144,000 in proceeds from illegal activities, in their company’s Public Bank Berhad account from two Chinese nationals, at Public Bank Berhad, Jalan Bukit Bintang, here between Sept 9 and Nov 7, 2019.