BUTTERWORTH – Bayan Baru Umno division chief Datuk Mansor Musa was today charged at the sessions court here with 106 counts of money laundering involving more than RM11 million.
The 58-year-old, who is also Koperasi Tunas Muda Sg Ara Bhd chairman, pleaded not guilty to all the charges before judge Norhayati Mohamad Yunus.
Mansor faces 42 counts under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (AMLATFA) and 64 counts under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds from Illegal Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFAPUAA).
The offences were allegedly committed by the former Batu Maung assemblyman between September 2011 and August last year.
If convicted, he faces a maximum fine of RM5 million, or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, under AMLATFA.
Under AMLATFAPUAA, he faces up to 15 years behind bars, or a fine of five time the value of the illegal proceeds, or RM5 million, whichever is higher.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission prosecution team was led by its legal and prosecution division senior director Datuk Faridz Gohim Abdullah, appearing with Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir and Muhamad Azlan Basri.
Mansor was represented by lawyers Kek Boon Wei and Helen Ng.
Faridz applied to the court to consider bail at RM2 million with one surety for the accused, given the seriousness of the charges.
Kek appealed for a RM100,000 bail.
Norhayati granted bail at RM500,000 with one surety, and set September 28 for submissions.
The proceedings against Mansor earlier faced delays as the sessions court experienced a power outage that resulted in the case being transferred to three other courts. It took four hours for the proceedings to be completed.
The accused is expected to be charged at the Kuala Lumpur sessions court this week with another 54 counts of corruption.
It was reported that Mansor allegedly accepted bribes from a Tan Sri, who is a director of a developer firm, in return for appointing the latter’s company to undertake a joint-venture property project on cooperative-owned land. – The Vibes, July 12, 2021
