JOHOR BARU: Former youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
(pic) has claimed trial to two charges of money laundering at the Sessions Court here involving a total of RM100,000.
The 29-year-old, who is also Muar MP, pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to him before Sessions judge Ahmad Kamal Arifin Ismail on Thursday (Aug 5).
According to the charge sheet, the accused had transferred RM50,000 from his bank account into his Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) account on June 16, 2018, and another RM50,000 on June 19 the same year.
The money was allegedly obtained through money-laundering activities and the offence was said to have been committed at a bank in Taman Perling, Johor Baru.
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