Ex-financial admin assistant in Kuching claims trial to two more money laundering charges

KUCHING (Aug 8): A former financial administrative assistant of a government agency pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Courts here today to two more charges of money laundering involving RM899,283.

Mohd Zairull Arzuan Mohd Shamsuddin Ja’afar @ Ang Chui Thong, 38, was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, punishable under Section 4(1) of the same Act.

In March this year, he had claimed trial to 31 charges of money laundering and three charges of criminal breach of trust involving over RM15 million.

In today’s proceedings, Judge Musli Ab Hamid released him on bail of RM80,000 with two local sureties, and fixed Oct 17, 2024 for case management.

On the first charge, Mohd Zairull is accused of committing the offence in stages between Jan 4, 2020 and Dec 22, 2020, involving RM504,983.

On the second charge, he is accused of committing the same offence involving RM394,300 between Jan 28, 2021 and Dec 19, 2021.

Both offences were allegedly committed at a bank in Jalan Song Thian Cheok here.

Deputy public prosecutor Nur Amanina Wan Din and Mohd Ashrof Kamarul appeared for the prosecution, while the accused was represented by lawyers Christopher Bada and Ralph Lee.