JOHOR BARU : Police
Superintendent was today sentenced to two years' jail for each of the four
counts of money laundering by the Sessions Court here. Azmi Osman, 55, was also
fined RM1.75 million for the offences committed between 2002 and 2005.
Johor Baru Sessions Court
judge Salawati Djambari ordered the sentence on Azmi to run concurrently after
finding him guilty under the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing
Act 2001.
Salawati later allowed Azmi
to be freed on RM900,000 bail in two sureties and a stay of execution pending
an appeal on the decision.
In November last year, Johor
Baru High Court judge Datuk Abdul Halim Aman had set aside the decision of the
Sessions Court and directed the case to be transferred back to the Sessions
Court in which Salawati had acquitted Azmi following the failure of the
prosecution to prove a prima facie against the accused.
Azmi, who is currently suspended
from duty, was alleged to have committed the four offences of money laundering
totalling RM3.8 million between 2002 and 2005 when he was an officer of the
Secret Societies, Gambling and Vice Division in Johor.
For the first and second
charges, the accused was alleged to have received RM2.08 million and RM679,850
proceeds from money laundering through his Maybank current account in Mentakab,
Pahang between February 6 and December 20, 2002 as well as January 15 and
October 2 in 2003.
For the third and fourth
charges, he was alleged to have received RM941,930 and RM250,000 for the same
activity through another Maybank current account at the City Square Shopping
Centre, Johor Baru on January 13, 2004 and April 5 in 2005, respectively.
Prosecution was conducted by
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission deputy public prosecutors Hazril Harun and
Mohd Farez Abd Rahman while the accused was represented by Adam Yap and CN
Sritharan. (Bernama)
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