Umno division chief charged with laundering RM11 million

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BUTTERWORTH: A Penang Umno leader has been charged at the sessions court here with 106 counts of money laundering amounting to over RM11 million in cash, stocks and property as ‘gifts’ received from various companies.

Bayan Baru Umno chief Mansor Musa was charged with receiving kickbacks between Sept 2011 and Aug 10, 2020. The source of the kickbacks was not named in the court documents shown to reporters.

Mansor, who was Batu Maung assemblyman from 2004 to 2008, was charged with 42 counts of engaging in money laundering and 64 counts of abetting laundering in the span of over nine years.

The case is being investigated under Section 4(1)(a) and (b) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

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