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Malay Mail
5 days ago
- Malay Mail
Troubles mount for Johor Immigration official with new RM700,000 money laundering charge
KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — A senior officer with the Johor Immigration Department, who already faces money laundering charges, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to another count involving RM718,710 between 2022 and 2023. On July 22, Nas Suffian Nasrun, 41, was charged with five counts of money laundering involving RM933,295 between 2022 and 2024 in the Shah Alam Sessions Court, to which he pleaded not guilty as well. In today's proceedings, he was accused of directly transferring funds from an individual's bank account to a company's account through 64 online transactions between July 26, 2022, and June 9, 2023, at a bank branch in Pandan Indah. He was charged under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613). The offence carries a maximum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the proceeds or the value of the illicit activity, or RM5 million, whichever is higher, upon conviction. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) deputy public prosecutor Aznika Mohd Anas proposed bail at RM300,000 with one surety. She informed the court of the additional conditions of surrendering his passport and monthly reporting to the nearest police station imposed by the Shah Alam Sessions Court. 'As such, we request this court to adopt the same additional conditions,' Aznika submitted. She further applied for the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court to be jointly tried with the five other charges faced by the accused. However, Nas Suffian's lawyer, Muhammad Zaim Rosli, requested that bail be set at RM10,000, citing that his client, a civil servant with 19 years of service, has a clean disciplinary record and has never been subjected to any internal action. 'The accused may face suspension following this prosecution. He earns RM5,000 per month and supports a wife and five children aged between seven and 15,' he submitted. Judge Rosli Ahmad granted bail at RM100,000 with one surety and allowed the prosecution's additional conditions. He also allowed the case to be transferred to the Shah Alam Sessions Court. — Bernama
Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
Immigration officer claims trial to 5 money laundering charges
Nas Suffian Nasrun at the Shah Alam sessions court today. SHAH ALAM : A senior immigration officer pleaded not guilty in the sessions court here today to five money laundering charges involving RM933,295 in proceeds from illegal activities. Nas Suffian Nasrun, 41, who serves as deputy chief assistant director of the management services division at the Johor immigration department, made the plea before judge Nasir Nordin after the charges under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 were read out to him. According to the first charge, Nas Suffian facilitated 29 online transactions totalling RM224,840 – proceeds suspected to be from unlawful activities – from a man's bank account to his mother's account between Nov 1, 2023 and May 29, 2024. He was also charged with receiving RM297,600 in proceeds from illegal activities from the same individual's account into his own account via 29 online transfers between Oct 19, 2022 and Aug 8, 2024. For the third charge, he was accused of transferring RM113,375 in proceeds from illegal activities from his own bank account to another individual's account in 32 online transactions between April 16, 2023 and Nov 2, 2023. He was also charged with transferring RM209,080 in proceeds from illegal activities from a company account he managed to his own bank account through 55 online transactions between July 29, 2022 and July 1, 2024. The final charge alleged that he used his mother's bank account, which he controlled, to channel RM88,400 into his own account through 17 online transactions between Nov 5, 2023 and Sept 23, 2024. The offences were allegedly committed at two separate bank branches, one in Kota Damansara and the other in Kajang.
Malay Mail
7 days ago
- Malay Mail
Johor Immigration officer pleads not guilty to RM933,295 in money laundering charges
SHAH ALAM, July 22 — A Johor Immigration Department senior officer pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to five charges of involvement in money laundering activities totalling RM933,295 between 2022 and 2024. Nas Suffian Nasrun, 41, entered the plea before Judge Datuk Mohd Nasir Nordin after the charges were read to him separately. According to the first charge, Nas Suffian is accused of directly engaging in money laundering transactions involving RM224,840, transferred from a man's account to his mother's bank account through 29 online transactions between Nov 1, 2023 and May 29, 2024. He is also accused of receiving RM297,600 in proceeds from unlawful activities, transferred from the same individual's bank account to his personal account through 29 transactions between Oct 19, 2022 and Aug 8, 2024. The man is also charged with transferring RM113,375 from his account to an account of another individual in 32 transactions between April 16, 2023 and November 2, 2023. The accused is also charged with transferring RM209,080 from the bank account of a company he operates to his personal account through 55 online transactions between July 29, 2022 and July 1, 2024. Under the fifth charge, he is accused of transferring RM88,400 from his mother's account to his own through 17 transactions between Nov 5, 2023 and Sept 23, 2024. All five offences are alleged to have been committed at two bank branches in Kota Damansara and Kajang. The first charge is framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (Act 613) and the remaining charges under Section 4(1)(b) of the same Act. The accused is facing a maximum 15-year prison term and a fine of not less than five times the amount of the laundered money, the value of the proceeds from unlawful activities at the time the offence was committed, or RM5 million, whichever is higher. Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Siti Amirah Muhammad Ali, proposed bail at RM800,000 with additional conditions imposed. However, defence lawyer Muhammad Zaim Rosli requested a lower amount, citing that his client has to support five school-going children. The court then set bail at RM100,000 for all charges, with conditions, requiring the accused to report monthly to the MACC, surrender his passport and refrain from interfering with prosecution witnesses. The case has been fixed for mention on September 12. — Bernama
