KUANTAN: A company director and his wife have been slapped with 189 charges of money laundering involving close to RM170mil in three Sessions Courts here.
It is believed to be the largest amount involved in money laundering activities.
Jailani JabarJailani Jabar, 48,and his wife, Latifah Taib, 47, of Jalan Kubang Buaya here claimed trial to being involved in laundering the money through bank accounts in Kuantan from February 2006 until October 2007.
The proceedings, which started at 3.35pm, continued until 7.35pm. They resumed at 8pm and ended at 9.15pm. It took between 70 and 90 minutes to complete reading the charges to both the accused in each court.
At one point, Jailani was seen dozing on the bench while the court interpreter was reading the charges to his wife who stood in the dock.
Both were charged separately yesterday; with Jailani facing 106 charges involving RM98,719,652.73 and Latifah, 83 charges totalling RM71,267,499.75.
They were alleged to have used the money gained from illegal means to purchase several houses, shoplots, a factory lot, vehicles, including luxury cars and getting exclusive distributorship rights for hydrogen fuel.
Each offence under Section 4 (1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 carries a jail term of up to five years or a fine of up to RM5mil, or both, upon conviction.
DPP Dzulkifli Ahmad and Saifuddin Hashim Musaimi prosecuted while counsel Syed Azimal Amir Syed Abu Bakar represented both accused.
Bail for Jailani was set at RM8,000 for each charge with one surety while Latifah’s bail was fixed at RM5,000 each with one surety.
Jailani’s total bail amount was RM848,000 while Latifah’s was RM415,000.
The cases have been fixed for mention on Aug 11.
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