Maju Expressway owner Abu Sahid and former director Yap’s MEX II cases moved from Shah Alam to KL

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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Maju Expressway (MEX) owner Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed and Maju Holdings Bhd former director Datuk Yap Wee Leong, each facing charges of criminal breach of trust and money laundering over the unfinished 16.8km MEX II highway connecting Putrajaya to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), have had their Shah Alam cases merged with Kuala Lumpur cases. All future proceedings will be at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

Abu Sahid saw his single criminal breach of trust (CBT) charge in Shah Alam Sessions Court combined with his four other CBTs of RM313 million and 13 money laundering charges of RM139 million on Monday.

The prosecution, led by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Ahmad Akram Gharib, said 70% of the documents for all charges against Abu Sahid had been shared with the defence and requested the Shah Alam case be combined under Section 165 of the Criminal Procedure Code. With no objection from Abu Sahid’s lawyer, Sessions Judge Suzana Hussin approved the request and set Jan 8 for case management.

Sessions judge Rosli Ahmad transferred Yap’s nine counts each of money laundering and deceiving a Maybank officer over allegedly fake progress claim documents from Shah Alam to the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed

Ahmad Akram requested Yap’s charges be tried together at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court and asked for a mention date on Jan 8. He said some trial documents had already been shared with the defence. Rosli allowed the case to be mentioned on Jan 8.

Ahmad Akram told reporters that at the next hearing, the prosecution may ask for the three cases involving Abu Sahid, his wife Puan Sri Noor Azrina Azmi, and Yap to be tried together. Noor Azrina, 48, is facing a money laundering charge of receiving RM67.1 million from her husband’s alleged illegal activities between March 6 and Nov 27, 2017.

Abu Sahid’s CBT and money laundering charges

At the Shah Alam Sessions Court, Abu Sahid, 74, pleaded not guilty to CBT, accused of misappropriating RM145 million from an escrow account of Golden Base Construction Sdn Bhd while serving as a director of Maju Holdings, violating Section 409 of the Penal Code.

He is accused of misusing the funds between January 12 and June 13, 2018, at the Maybank Islamic branch in Taman Serdang Perdana, Selangor.

Datuk Yap Wee Leong

If convicted under Section 409 of the Penal Code, he could face between two and 20 years in prison and a fine, but whipping does not apply because of his age.

At the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court, Abu Sahid pleaded not guilty to CBT involving RM91.55 million (May–Nov 2016), RM171.48 million (Jan–Nov 2017), RM49.59 million (Jan–Nov 2018), and RM500,000 on Oct 21, 2019.

The 13 money laundering charges, under Section 4(1)(b) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFPUA), involved transfers to multiple parties including:

RM22.1 million to See Hong Cheen (May 4, 2016),
RM1 million to Goh Ming Yong (May 6, 2016),
RM10 million to Wong Kichin (May 10, 2016),
RM1.96 million to Golden Base Construction Sdn Bhd (June-October 2016),
RM42.89 million to Econpile (M) Sdn Bhd (January-November 2017),
RM500,000 to Lim Heng Suan (Sept 6, 2017),
RM34.68 million to Econpile (M) Sdn Bhd via Alliance Bank (January-October 2018),
RM1.67 million to Venus Asset Sdn Bhd (May 2018),
RM1.15 million to Winsome Harvest Development Sdn Bhd (Jan 2019),
RM500,000 to Tan Kim Hoe (October 2019)

The last three money laundering charges involved RM22.79 million withdrawn via cheques between 2016 and 2018, all from Abu Sahid’s CIMB account.

Yap’s fake progress claim documents and money laundering charges

Yap, 68, is charged with nine counts of deceiving a principal Maybank officer of RM220.727 million by producing allegedly fake progress claim documents, resulting in the bank disbursing the funds.

He also faces nine counts of money laundering of a total sum of RM388.342 million from CIMB. The money was transferred from Maybank to CIMB, then withdrawn and moved to other company accounts and his personal account.

A sum of RM72.647 million from CIMB Bank Bhd, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to Villa Hubs Sdn Bhd between June 21 and Dec 27, 2017;
A sum of RM75.428 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account that entered into Jade Centennial Sdn Bhd’s account between June 21 and Dec 27, 2017;
A sum of RM18.846 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account that entered Bidang Bakat Sdn Bhd between Nov 1 and Dec 5, 2017;
A sum of RM56.736 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to Bidang Bakat’s account between Jan 3 and May 25, 2018;
A sum of RM35.612 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to Villa Hubs between Jan 25 and June 26, 2018;
A sum of RM48.292 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to Jade Centennial between Jan 25, 2018, and June 26, 2018;
A sum of RM21.372 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to his own CIMB account on Jan 23, 2018;
A sum of RM33.133 million from CIMB Bank, Kajang, from Golden Base Construction's account to his own CIMB account between Feb 14, 2018, and July 26, 2018; and
A sum of RM26.276 million from CIMB Bank’s Golden Base Construction account to his own CIMB account between March 16 and Aug 3, 2018.

Yap also faces 17 counts of forgery involving RM314.5 million in false claims for the unfinished Maju Expressway extension from Putrajaya to the KLIA.

He is charged with allegedly using 13 fake progress claim documents as genuine by submitting them to MEX II parent company, Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd for work packages under the 16.8km highway project between June 2017 and April 2018.

Yap was represented by lawyer Abdul Hakeem Aiman.

Noor Azrina, a director of Maju Holdings, appeared in Rosli’s court, charged with money laundering for receiving RM67.1 million from her husband’s alleged illegal activities between March 6 and Nov 27, 2017. The money was transferred from her husband’s CIMB Bank account to hers at the Bukit Tunku branch.

Edited ByPresenna Nambiar

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