Nine More to Face Charges in MEX II Highway CBT, Money Laundering Case

PUTRAJAYA: Nine more individuals are expected to be charged in connection with the criminal breach of trust (CBT) and money laundering probe involving the MEX II Highway project.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki said the individuals 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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Abu Sahid, who was charged on Monday (Sept 8) at the Sessions Court here with 17 counts of CBT and money laundering, is set to face seven additional charges of misusing funds amounting to RM145 million at the Shah Alam Sessions Court soon.

MACC deputy public prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib said former construction company director Datuk Yap Wee Leong will also be charged over the same project. Yap faces 18 counts, including nine under Section 18 of the MACC Act 2009 involving RM209 million, and nine under the Anti-Money Laundering Act involving RM387 million.

Abu Sahid had earlier been charged with four counts of CBT involving RM313 million and 13 counts of money laundering involving RM139.2 million. Yap was also accused of using 17 false claim documents between June 2017 and April 2018.

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