Tuesday, 04 Aug 2020 11:38 PM MYT
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh also fined all accused between RM1 million to RM3 million and ordered them to serve another two to four years jail if they failed to pay the fine. Ahmad Shahrir meted out the punishment after allowing the prosecution’s appeal against the Sessions Court’s decision which acquitted and discharged all of them in 2017.
According to the charge sheet, GMSB, Tan, Lim, Ng, Jit Meng and Ahmad Khairuddin were charged with 12 counts of possessing, receiving, transferring and obtaining a sum of money from illegal activities via cheques from CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad accounts which were deposited into their personal accounts.
They were charged under Subsection 4 of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which carries five years imprisonment or a fine or both, if convicted.
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