The wife of former army chief Hafizuddeain Jantan was charged at the sessions court here today with receiving proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM5,000 last year.
Salwani Anuar @ Kamaruddin, 27, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before judge Mohd Azhar Othman.
Salwani was alleged to have received proceeds from illegal activities in the form of RM5,000, deposited into her bank account.
The offence was allegedly committed at a bank branch in Kerteh near Besut on Jan 16, 2025.
The charge against Salwani was framed under Subsection 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, punishable under the same provision.
If convicted, she faces imprisonment of up to 15 years and a fine of not less than five times the amount or value of proceeds from the unlawful activities at the time they were committed, or RM5 million, whichever is higher.
Deputy public prosecutor from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), Maziah Mohaide, offered to apply the same bail terms granted by the Kuala Lumpur sessions court, namely RM30,000 with two sureties and the conditions that the accused report to the nearest MACC office monthly and surrender her passport to the court.
“As the prosecution will apply for this case to be transferred to the Kuala Lumpur sessions court to be tried together with the accused’s earlier case and her husband’s case, there is no objection to applying the same bail today,” she said.
Defence counsel Fahmi Abd Moin agreed to the bail terms proposed by the prosecution.
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