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Money-laundering added to graft charge

April 17, 2009

The Malaysia Star

IPOH: A businessman, attending the first day of his corruption trial at the Sessions Court here yesterday, was slapped with two additional charges of money-laundering.

Mat Riadzi Is-mail, 47, was waiting for his case to be brought up before Sessions Judge Tan Hooi Leng when Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) prosecuting officer Hamzah Mohd Aris applied for it to be stood down to allow the accused to be charged at another court.

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