Kuala lumpur: The Sessions Court here today allowed the money laundering case involving Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed's wife to be heard together with the corruption cases against the Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd director. Judge Suzana Hussin granted deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib's application to try Puan Sri Noor Azrina Mohd Azmi's case alongside Abu Sahid's.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, Ahmad Akram informed the court that Sessions Court 8 Judge Rosli Ahmad had approved transferring Noor Azrina's case to this court. The prosecutor requested that Noor Azrina's case be tried jointly with Abu Sahid's, as both involve the same transactions, a point that was confirmed as unopposed by Datuk Jasbeer Singh, Abu Sahid's lawyer.
Noor Azrina, 49, is accused of receiving proceeds from unlawful activities totaling RM67.14 million into her bank account from an account belonging to Abu Sahid. The alleged offence took place at a bank in Bukit Tunku between March 6 and November 27, 2017. She faces charges under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which could result in a sentence of up to 15 years' imprisonment and a fine of at least five times the sum of the unlawful proceeds or RM5 million, whichever is higher.
Abu Sahid, 75, is confronted with 18 charges of corruption and money laundering. He is charged with five counts of misappropriating over RM458.5 million of company funds held in accounts at Taman Tunku and Taman Serdang Perdana between May 3, 2016, and October 21, 2019. These offences, under Section 409 of the Penal Code, carry a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment, caning, and fines.
Additionally, he faces ten charges of transferring unlawful proceeds totaling RM116.45 million to five individuals and four construction companies. Abu Sahid is also accused of three counts of disposing of RM22.8 million in unlawful proceeds through 15 cheque withdrawals from his account at the same bank between May 4, 2016, and September 19, 2018. These three charges were also brought under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, carrying the same penalties as mentioned earlier.