KUALA LUMPUR: An investigation officer of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today took three hours to confirm 406 documents relating to charges of money laundering faced by Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on the funds of Yayasan Akalbudi owned by the former deputy prime minister.
Mohd Amirudin Nordin, 38, confirmed the documents submitted by the prosecution in the trial of Ahmad Zahid before High Court Judge, Collin Lawrence Sequerah.
Among the documents verified were cheques, copies of cheque, demand draft, letters, receipts, forms and deposit slips obtained from two files owned by Tetuan Lewis Co as a trustee of Yayasan Akalbudi.
"From the investigation, I received two pink paper files labelled as Yayasan Al-Falah (owned by the family of Ahmad Zahid) and 'Client'. Apart from that, there were 73 copies of cheques from various banks believed used by Ahmad Zahid for money laundering which have been credited into the Maybank account of of Lewis Co,” he said during an examination in chief conducted by deputy public prosecutor Harris Ong Mohd Jeffrey Ong.
Ahmad Zahid was accused on 27 counts of money laundering.
For the first to 25th charge, Ahmad Zahid was accused of being involved in money laundering directly in transactions involving proceeds from illegal activities and giving orders to deposit money between RM600,000 to RM9.35 million into one account as well as' AKAUN PELABURAN AM-i' as fixed deposit through the Malayan Banking Berhad owned by Tetuan Lewis Co, Peguambela dan Peguamcara, which were proceeds from illegal activities.
For the 26th charge, Ahmad Zahid was accused of committing the same offences by giving orders on the purchase of two bungalows in Mukim Kajang, Hulu Langat District valued at RM5.9 million, using a Malayan Banking Berhad cheque belonging to Tetuan Lewis Co, which was the proceeds from illegal activities.
For the 27th charge, Ahmad Zahid was accused of ordering money changer Omar Ali Abdullah to convert cash amounting to RM7,511,250.20 into 35 cheques which made out to Lewis Co as fixed deposits in Maybank was a form of money laundering derived from illegal sources.
All the offences were committed at Malayan Banking Berhad, Dataran Maybank branch, Level 1, Tower A, No. 1 Jalan Maarof, Bangsar and Marhaba Enterprise Sdn Bhd, LG 1.15, Fahrenheit88, 179 Jalan Bukit Bintang, near here between March 29 2016 and April 11 2018.
Ahmad Zahid, 68, is facing 47 charges with 12 of them involving criminal breach of trust, eight for corruption, and 27 for money laundering involving tens of millions of ringgit in funds belonging to Yayasan Akalbudi.
The trial continues tomorrow.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Tue Mar 09 2021
Ahmad Zahid was accused on 27 counts of money laundering. - BERNAMA photo
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