[UPDATED] Ex-Perlis MB hit with 5 more counts totalling over RM1 mil

KUALA LUMPUR –  Former Perlis Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man claimed trial to five additional charges totalling RM1,059,675.40, all related to money laundering, in the sessions court here today. 

Azlan, 64 allegedly received illicit funds from two tour companies, Sri Kedawang Travel & Tours (W) Sdn Bhd and Aidil Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd. 

Five separate money transactions from these two companies allegedly had been deposited into Azlan’s bank accounts between February 2014 and December 2017. 

Azlan was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act (AMLATFPUAA) 2001, and if convicted can receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a minimum fine of RM5 million. 

On Monday, Azlan was charged at the Kangar sessions court to five counts of submitting false claims for overseas trips amounting to RM1.18 million between 2013 and 2017.

All monetary transactions were allegedly done in the form of cheques and deposited into his two bank accounts – one at a Maybank branch in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and one other at a CIMB Bank branch in Putrajaya.

The charges were read out in front of Judge Azura Alwi, who then granted Azlan a RM50,000 bail with one surety.

Representing the prosecution was deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Akram Gharib while Azlan was represented by lawyer Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid.

The prosecution in this case also informed the court that they would seek to transfer Azlan’s other case from the Kangar sessions court to here for a joint trial on all his charges. – The Vibes, April 12, 2023