PUTRAJAYA: Nine more individuals are expected to be charged in connection with the criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering investigation related to the MEX II Highway project.
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the nine were allegedly linked to fund transactions involving Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd director Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed.
"We expect them to be charged by the end of this month," he told reporters at MACC headquarters here on Tuesday (Sept 9).
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It was reported that Abu Sahid, who was charged on Monday (Sept 8) at the Sessions Court here with 17 counts of CBT and money laundering related to the MEX II Highway project, will face seven additional charges of misusing funds involving the same project at the Shah Alam Sessions Court soon.
MACC deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib had said former construction company director Datuk Yap Wee Leong will also be charged over the same project.
Ahmad Akram said Abu Sahid will face seven counts of misusing property under Section 403 of the Penal Code, read together with Section 109, involving a total of RM145mil.
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"Yap will be charged with 18 counts: nine under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 involving RM209mil, and nine under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, involving RM387mil," he said.
According to Ahmad Akram, Abu Sahid was charged on Monday with four counts of CBT involving RM313mil and 13 counts of money laundering involving RM139.2mil.
"Yap was also charged with using 17 false claim documents between June 2017 and April 2018," he said.
He added that the next mention for both cases has been set for Nov 3.
