KUALA LUMPUR: Film producer Riza Aziz has pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here to five counts of money laundering amounting to US$248.173mil (about RM1.02bil), monies believed to be misappropriated from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
The stepson of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, whose full name is Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, was accused of engaging in money laundering by receiving proceeds from unlawful activities in five transactions.
