TAN Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed, a former company director, will face a combined trial at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for a RM145.5 million embezzlement case related to the Putrajaya-Kuala Lumpur International Airport Expressway (MEX II) project.
The decision, made by Judge Suzana Hussin on Monday, allows the prosecution’s request to transfer one embezzlement charge from the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be tried alongside Abu Sahid’s other pending cases in Kuala Lumpur.
The 74-year-old now faces five embezzlement cases totalling RM458.6 million and 13 money laundering charges amounting to RM139.2 million.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib told the court that consolidating the cases would allow them to be heard together.
He proposed that the same bail conditions imposed by the Shah Alam court be maintained. Defence counsel Datuk Jasbeer Singh raised no objection to the transfer.
Abu Sahid, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, is scheduled for a case mention on 8 January 2026.
The five embezzlement charges allege that Abu Sahid, as director of Maju Holdings, misappropriated company funds dishonestly.
The sums involved are RM145.55 million, RM91.5 million, RM171.5 million, RM49.6 million, and RM500,000.
The offences allegedly occurred between 4 May 2016 and 21 October 2019 across several banks in Bukit Tunku and Taman Serdang Perdana.
The charges are framed under Section 409 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, whipping, and fines.
The 13 money laundering charges involve the transfer and disposal of illicit funds. In ten charges, he is accused of transferring RM116,449,536.12 to five individuals and four construction companies between 4 May 2016 and 29 October 2019.
The remaining three charges relate to cash withdrawals totalling RM22,802,612.86 using 17 cheques from his bank accounts between 4 May 2016 and 19 September 2018.
All money laundering charges are brought under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA), which carries a penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of five times the value of the illicit funds or RM5 million, whichever is higher. - November 3, 2025
