03/08/2020 02:25 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 -- Hardly an hour after the High Court here gave him a discharge, but not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA), on two counts of money laundering involving RM15 million, lawyer Datuk Mohd Hafarizam Harun was brought to the Session Court and charged with three counts of similar charges, involving the same amount, allegedly received from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
Mohd Hafarizam Harun, who is also UMNO legal adviser, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges which were read out before judge Azman Ahmad.
On the first count, he was alleged to have received RM7.5 million, believed to be proceeds from unlawful activities, through a AmIslamic Bank Berhad cheque, dated April 16, 2014, belonging to Najib and deposited into the account of his former legal firm, Messrs. Hafarizam Wan & Aisha Mubarak (HWAM).
Mohd Hafarizam was alleged to have committed the offence at CIMB Bank Berhad, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Tun Ismail here on April 17, 2014.
The charge was framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, which provides an imprisonment for up to 15 years and fine of not less than five times the amount, if found guilty.
-- BERNAMA
