Muhyiddin faces seventh criminal charge
SHAH ALAM - Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was slapped with another money laundering charge at the Sessions Court, here, today, involving RM5 million in January, last year.
The 76-year old former prime minister pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him before judge Rozilah Salleh.
"I understand, not guilty," he said.
Muhyiddin in his capacity as Bersatu president was charged with receiving RM5 million from Bukhary Equity Sdn Bhd which were proceeds from unlawful activities and transferred into the party's AmBank account.
He allegedly committed the offence at the Amcorp Mall AmBank Branch at Jalan Persiaran Barat, here, on Jan 7, 2022.
The charge against the Pagoh MP was framed under Section 4(1)(b) read together with Section 87(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001 (AMLATFPUAA) which is punishable under Section 4(1) of the same act which carries a jail term of up to 15 years and can also be fined not less than five times the amount or value of the proceeds of the illegal activity or the equipment of the offence at the time the offence was committed or RM5 million, whichever is higher, if convicted.
On Friday, Muhyiddin pleaded not guilty in two separate Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur to four charges of abuse of power to obtain bribes totaling RM232,5 million and two counts of money laundering totaling RM195 million between 2020 to 2022.
