MACC has arrested a legal adviser to Umno and BN this evening, according to sources.
The lawyer, who carries the honorific 'datuk', was arrested for allegedly laundering RM15 million from 2014 to 2015.
He was arrested after having his statement recorded at the commission's headquarters in Putrajaya this morning.
MACC deputy commissioner (operations) Azam Baki confirmed the arrest.
Azam said the 47-year-old will be facing two charges of money laundering at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court tomorrow.
Apart from representing Umno, the lawyer had also acted for former premier Najib Abdul Razak.
Last September, another prominent lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah claimed trial to four charges of money laundering involving RM9.5 million.
Shafee, 66, was accused of receiving RM4.3 million on Sept 13, 2013, and RM5.2 million on Feb 17, 2014, through two AmIslamic Bank Bhd cheques issued by Najib.
The cheques were remitted into Shafee's CIMB Bank account.
Shafee, who is out on bail, is representing Najib with regard to the slew of charges levelled against the latter. - Mkini
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