Cops offer no plea deals to Nicky Liow

SHAH ALAM – No plea bargains were in the works for former fugitive businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee, who turned himself in on Monday after being on the run for over a year.

Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Kamarudin Md Din said investigations were being carried out transparently in accordance with the law.

“Police have never made any plea bargains with any parties in this case.

“The probe was carried out in accordance with the law and did not favour the interest of any party,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

He added that the instructions to haul Liow to court came from the Attorney-General’s Chambers.

Kamarudin said the investigation on Liow, 34, over his involvement in organised crime and cases under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) began on March 15, last year.

Since then, he said 68 raids were carried out around Selangor in the police's efforts to detain Liow and his gang members.

He said although 116 individuals were detained in the raids, Liow managed to escape.

"On April 9, 2021, 15 'Nicky Gang' members were charged under Section 130V of the Penal Code at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court.

"Liow was also charged in absentia with similar offences on the same day," he said.

On Tuesday, Liow was charged at the Sessions Court, here, with 26 counts of money laundering involving RM36 million.

He pleaded not guilty before judge Helina Sulaiman after the charges were read to him in Mandarin.

He was allowed RM1 million bail and his case will be up for mention on May 26.

After being on the run for more than a year, Liow who is suspected of masterminding an organised crime group known as 'Nicky Gang', finally surrendered to the police on Monday, before he was hauled to court the next day.