BUTTERWORTH – All 164 money-laundering charges involving more than RM11 million against Bayan Baru Umno chief Datuk Mansor Musa will be consolidated in the same court.
Sessions court judge Ahmad Azhari Abdul Hamid ruled that the charges at the Butterworth Sessions Court, as well as the 58 at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, will be consolidated for next mention on November 3, reported The Star.
The RM500,000 bail imposed by the Butterworth court remains, while the RM200,000 bail set in Kuala Lumpur will be revoked.
On July 13, Mansor, who is former Batu Maung assemblyman, pleaded not guilty at the Butterworth court to 106 money-laundering charges, with the crime allegedly committed between September 2011 and August last year.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Muhammad Asraf Mohamed Tahir from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission told the court that the application was made on the grounds that the case in Kuala Lumpur involves the same witnesses and documents as the case in Penang.
On July 15, Koperasi Tunas Muda Sg Ara Bhd chairman Mansor, 58, pleaded not guilty to 58 counts of laundering RM9.22 million, allegedly committed between December 2008 and May 2015.
For the first to 42nd counts, he was charged with engaging in money laundering, including receiving money in cash, and using proceeds from illegal activities for the purchase of shares and houses, and making payments to contractors through different companies.
The charges are framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001, which provides for a maximum fine of RM5 million, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both, upon conviction.
On the 43rd to 58th charges, he was charged under Section 4(1)(b) of the same law with receiving, using and transferring money from a company.
All the offences were allegedly committed at Public Bank’s Jalan Raja Chulan and Starpac Point branches, as well as RHB Bank’s KLCC branch here, between December 2008 and May 2015.
He faces a maximum jail term of 15 years and a fine of up to five times the proceeds from illegal activities, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction. – The Vibes, September 28, 2021
