Sabah Railway deputy director, his two wives claim trial to bribery, money laundering


KOTA KINABALU (Bernama): The deputy director of the Sabah Railway Department and his two wives pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here Monday (April 22) to bribery and money laundering charges involving RM2,199,739.

Ismail Ahmad, 59, was charged with 23 counts of graft of which eight were committed individually by him, while nine were committed along with his second wife Runtiah Rais, 42, and six along with his first wife Masniah Buaya, 58.

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