Melaka mayor’s ex-aide pleads not guilty


MELAKA: A former high-ranking Melaka government official was charged at the Sessions Court here with 15 counts of money-laundering and criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving nearly RM20mil.

Datuk Mohd Yusof Abu Hassan, 56, a former special officer to the Melaka Historical City Council’s mayor, was charged with 11 counts of money-laundering and four counts of CBT involving RM19.3mil last year.

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